ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,379, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Systagenix Wound Management Ltd. (Bracknell, Great Britain).
"Advanced digit dressing" was invented by Kyle Turton (West Sussex, Great Britain), Daniel Parker (West Sussex, Great Britain), Saul Di Palo (West Sussex, Great Britain), Katie Bourdillon (Leeds, Great Britain), Alexander Waite (Keighley, Great Britain) and Sally Stephens (Skipton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dressing for treating a wound on a digit includes a digit contact layer configured to substantially prevent adherence of the dressing to the wound and an antimicrobial layer coupled to a wound-facing side of th...