US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on July 21 for "Wound contact layer and dressing for iodine delivery" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,798, issued on July 21, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Wound contact layer and dressing for iodine delivery" was invented by Anthony Dagger (York, Great Britain), Victoria Jody Hammond (Hull, Great Britain) and Amy Nicole Wheldrake (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments relate to a wound contact layer in the form of a perforated film, possessing one or more of the following functions: speed of kill, sustained kill, broad-spectrum kill against microorganisms, one-piece removal, conformability with a wound surface, compatibility with negative pressure wound treatm...