ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,625, issued on July 22, was assigned to J&M Shuler Medical Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Sub-atmospheric wound therapy systems and methods" was invented by Michael Simms Shuler (Athens, Ga.), Lars Runquist (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Alan Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.) and Evan Leingang (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of a multi-layered dressing system for sealed wound treatment include various components used for sealing, dressing, suctioning and irrigating that are coupled together as a single, composite unit."

The patent was filed on March 6, 2020, under Application No. 16/811,937.

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