ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,786, issued on Nov. 4.
"Fluid communication path" was invented by Neill Philip Bannister (York, Great Britain), Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), Iain Michael Blackburn (Cottingham, Great Britain), Andrew Linton (York, Great Britain), Mark White (Doncaster, Great Britain) and Tim Stern (Belper, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing a fluid communication path to a wound site through a drape. The apparatus comprises a body portion having a lower surface and an upper surface, at least one connection port, at least one suction port and at least one fluid communication...