US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on July 14 for "Temperature monitoring and control for negative pressure wound therapy systems" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,553, issued on July 14, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Temperature monitoring and control for negative pressure wound therapy systems" was invented by Peter Georg Laitenberger (Cambridge, Great Britain), Jamie Owst (Hull, Great Britain), Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain), Neil Andrew Ramsbottom (Bolton, Great Britain) and 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 can include a negative pressure source configured to provide negative pressure to a wound of a patient covered by a wound dressing, first sensor and ...