ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,880, issued on June 9, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Comapny (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Dressing with protruding layer allowing for cleansing of wound bed macro deformations" was invented by Justin Rice (San Antonio), Christopher Allen Carroll (San Antonio) and Shannon C. Ingram (Bulverde, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dressing that includes a contact layer having walls defining a plurality of holes and a retainer layer comprising portions protruding into holes of a contact layer is provided herein. Systems, methods and kits using the dressing for debriding a tissue site are also provided herein."
The patent wa...