US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on Oct. 6 for "Canister status determination for negative pressure wound therapy devices" (British, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,048, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Canister status determination for negative pressure wound therapy devices" was invented by Ben Alan Askem (Leeds, Great Britain), David Michael Elder (Hull, Great Britain), Robert Gregory (East Yorkshire, Great Britain), David Garcia Guardiola (Valencia, Spain), Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, Great Britain), Andrea Maggiore (Hull, Great Britain), Christopher James Milner (Hedon, Great Britain), Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain) and Kirsty Margaret Strachan (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative pr...