ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,274, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Molnlycke Health Care AB (Molndal, Sweden).

"Wound pad and a self-adhesive member comprising a wound pad" was invented by Sami Ahsani (Gothenburg, Sweden), Anna Svensby (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden), Sandra Josefsson (Kungsbacka, Sweden) and Christoffer Sandberg (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a wound pad having a liquid retaining layer, and a distributing layer, wherein the liquid retaining layer, or the distributing layer, or both the liquid retaining layer and the distributing layer includes fibers and being provided with at least a first and a second discrete gro...