ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,229, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MEDTRADE PRODUCTS Ltd. (Crewe, Great Britain).
"Antimicrobial wound dressing" was invented by Andrew Hoggarth (Crewe, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns antimicrobial multi-layer wound dressings having an antimicrobial agent located at one or more interfaces between opposing surfaces of the layers of the wound dressing. This improves the migration of antimicrobial agent and allows the dressing to provide a higher overall concentration of antimicrobial agent throughout the dressing. This will assist clinicians when treating wounds by reducing the microbia...