ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,674, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

"Dynamic fenestration system for wound protection and monitoring" was invented by Abraham Schwartz (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Helen M. Cruz-Munoz (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Jeff Melendez-Rosa (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) and Anwar Abdul-Hadi (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fenestration system for protecting and monitoring an injured area may have a first sheet having a first opening; a second sheet having a second opening aligned with the first opening; and a third transparent sheet positioned within a pocket formed between the...