ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,496, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Westmeath, Ireland).
"Negative pressure therapy system with heat-moldable splint" was invented by Jonathan G. Rehbein (San Antonio), Larry Tab Randolph (San Antonio), Ronald W. Ausen (San Antonio) and Matthew T. Scholz (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit (1500) for negative pressure and immobilization therapy includes a negative pressure dressing (100) configured to define a sealed volume between a patient's skin and the negative pressure dressing when applied to the patient, a pump (200) configured to be placed in pneumatic communication with the neg...