ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,938, issued on June 16, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Reduced-pressure systems, methods, and devices for simultaneously treating a plurality of tissue sites" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (San Antonio), Richard Coulthard (San Antonio), James A. Luckemeyer (San Antonio), Richard M. Kazala Jr. (San Antonio), Benjamin A. Pratt (San Antonio) and Timothy Mark Robinson (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for treating a plurality of tissue sites include a multi-port therapy unit. The multi-port therapy unit includes a plurality of patient-side ports each flui...