ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,027, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BRIGHTWAKE Ltd. (Kirkby in Ashfield, Great Britain).
"Relating to apparatus negative pressure wound therapy" was invented by Stephen Cotton (Kirkby in Ashfield, Great Britain) and Matthew Tasker (Kirkby in Ashfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) for negative pressure wound therapy comprises a source of reduced pressure (10) and first (22a) and second (26a) chambers, the first chamber being in fluid communication with the source of reduced pressure such that a negative pressure may be generated in the first chamber, the negative pressure being prevented from exc...