US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on May 19 for "Negative pressure wound therapy apparatus and methods" (British, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,466, issued on May 19, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Negative pressure wound therapy apparatus and methods" was invented by Ben Alan Askem (Leeds, Great Britain), Iacopo Claudio Ferrari (Milan), Matteo Foini (Milan), Paolo Forzani (Milan), Christopher John Fryer (York, Great Britain), Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, Great Britain) and Christian Riva (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes causing provision of ne...