US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on June 2 for "Method of manufacturing a component for a wound dressing" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,706, issued on June 2, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Method of manufacturing a component for a wound dressing" was invented by Amy Nicole Wheldrake (Goole, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method of manufacturing a component for a wound dressing comprising the step of mechanically manipulating a yarn with a machine to form a discrete structure having a predetermined shape wherein the discrete structure is in a form suitable for incorporation into or for use as a wound dressing without changes to the dimensions of said discrete structure; components formed by the metho...