ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,177, issued on April 21, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Manual debriding pad" was invented by Amy K. McNulty (Stillwater, Minn.), Amy S. Determan (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Sarah L. Isakson (St. Anthony, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example debriding pad includes a support layer, a first region, and a second region. The first region includes a first material defining a plurality of first loop piles arranged on the support material. The second region includes a second material defining a plurality of second loop piles arranged on the support material. The second material is stiffer t...