ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,975, issued on March 17, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for sensing properties of fluids from a tissue site" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Justin Alexander Long (Lago Vista, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing negative pressure to a tissue site are disclosed. Some embodiments are illustrative of an apparatus or system for delivering negative-pressure to a tissue site that can be used in conjunction with sensing properties of fluids extracted from a tissue site. For example, an ap...