US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on May 12 for "Leak-resistant bandage systems and methods with hydrophilic foam wound insert for fluid-instillation and/or negative-pressure wound therapies" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,814, issued on May 12, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Leak-resistant bandage systems and methods with hydrophilic foam wound insert for fluid-instillation and/or negative-pressure wound therapies" was invented by Joanna Payne Perkins (San Antonio), Paul S. Slack (San Jose, Calif.), Kevin Higley (San Antonio), Kenneth Mitchel Knowles (Bandera, Texas) and Aidan Marcus Tout (Alderbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wound treatment systems and methods (e.g., having hydrophilic wound inserts), such as for negative-pressure and/or fluid-installation wound therapies. Some embodiments...