ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,197, issued on May 26, was assigned to Molnlycke Health Care AB (Molndal, Sweden).
"Prophylactic dressing" was invented by Dennis Hansson (Gunnilse, Sweden), Karin Glasmastar (Hisings Backa, Sweden), Anna Grou (Gothenburg, Sweden), Conny Jakobsson (Lerum, Sweden) and Oceane Lancon (Save, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method of mitigating and/or preventing the onset of a pressure ulcer at an area of risk of developing a pressure ulcer, which includes the step of: a) applying a medical dressing to intact skin of a subject at the area of risk of developing the pressure ulcer, thereby mitigating and/or preventing th...