ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,552, issued on July 14, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Systems and methods for controlling dual mode negative pressure wound therapy apparatus" was invented by Eric Edward Adams (Pittsboro, N.C.), Ben Alan Askem (Leeds, Great Britain), Kevin Bendele (Fort Worth, Texas), Aaron Michael Husz (Cary, N.C.), David Edward Lee (Durham, N.C.), Nisha Mistry (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Lee Michael Rush (St. Petersburg, Fla.), David Ronald Upton (New Hill, N.C.), Gareth Walker (Hull, Great Britain), William Jacob Ward (Apex, N.C.) and Hannah Bailey Sidebottom (Hull, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Offi...