US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on April 7 for "Systems and methods for monitoring operational lifetime of negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,193, issued on April 7, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Systems and methods for monitoring operational lifetime of negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses" was invented by Roberto Damiao Da Costa Rodrigues (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative pressure wound therapy system can include a wound dressing configured to be placed over a wound and configured to absorb fluid. The system can include a source of negative pressure configured to generate negative pressure to aspirate fluid from the wound. The system can include a memory. The system can include a controller configu...