US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on March 24 for "Reduced pressure therapy apparatuses and methods of using same" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,762, issued on March 24, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Reduced pressure therapy apparatuses and methods of using same" was invented by Julie Allen (Hull, Great Britain), Sarah Jenny Collinson (Hull, Great Britain), Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain) and Derek Nicolini (Brough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments comprise a pump assembly for reduced pressure wound therapy, comprising a housing, a flow pathway through the pump, one or more valves in communication with the flow pathway, a pump supported within or by the housing, and a one-way flow valve in fluid commu...