US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew on March 3 for "Sustained variable negative pressure wound treatment and method of controlling same" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,670, issued on March 3, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.) and Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Sustained variable negative pressure wound treatment and method of controlling same" was invented by Richard Scott Weston (Encinitas, Calif.) and Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing reduced or negative pressure, and more particularly cyclical reduced pressure, to treat a wound. The system can include a wound dressing, a fluid collection container, a suction source, filters, and conduits. In addition, the system can ...