US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on April 14 for "Electro-mechanical pump controller for negative-pressure treatment" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,712, issued on April 14, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Electro-mechanical pump controller for negative-pressure treatment" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for negative-pressure treatment may include an enclosure having a variable volume compressible to a minimum volume, a port and an actuation surface. The apparatus may include a first one-way valve configured to allow fluid ingress to the enclosure, a second one-way valve configured to allow fluid egress from the enclosure, and an actuator configured to apply...