ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,004, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).
"Systems and methods for inspection of encapsulation and components in sensor equipped wound dressings" was invented by Philip Gowans (Doncaster, Great Britain), Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, Great Britain), Lee Ian Partington (Hessle, Great Britain), Marcus Damian Phillips (Wakefield, Great Britain), Daniel Lee Steward (Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain) and Charlotte Urwin (Hull, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods of inspection and ma...