US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on July 14 for "Tissue healing" (British, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,338, issued on July 14, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Tissue healing" was invented by Samantha Dawn Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain) and Donald Anthony Hudson (Claremont, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound and for minimizing scarring. The apparatus promotes scar-minimizing healing of a wound where negative pressure wound therapy is applied, and comprises a wound contact layer containing silicone, polysiloxanes, or other related compounds."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2021, under Application No. 17/565,013.

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