ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,539, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Westmeath, Ireland).
"Drapes with regions with higher adhesive properties" was invented by Diwi L. Allen (San Antonio), Prathamesh Madhav Kharkar (San Antonio) and Marisa Schmidt (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are devices, systems, and methods related to dressings with regions with different adhesive properties, and manufacture and use thereof. An illustrative dressing includes a first region including a first adhesive material. The first adhesive material has a first tackiness. The dressing further includes at least a second region including a ...