US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on June 2 for "Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,707, issued on June 2, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy" was invented by Julie Allen (Hull, Great Britain), Ben Alan Askem (Leeds, Great Britain), Sarah Jenny Collinson (Hull, Great Britain), Philip Gowans (Rawcliffe, Great Britain), Steven Carl Mehta (Lincoln, Great Britain) and Derek Nicolini (Brough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed towards wound dressings comprising a liqu...