US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 6 for "Wound dressing and method of treatment" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,865, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Wound dressing and method of treatment" was invented by Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), Varuni Rachindra Brownhill (Swanland, Great Britain) and John Gowans (Hessle, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to negative pressure treatment systems and wound dressing systems, apparatuses, and methods that may be used for the treatment of wounds. In particular, some embodiments are directed to improved wound dressings comprising a number of viewing portals that facilitate observation of wound ti...