US Patent Issued to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. on Sept. 9 for "Multi-layer negative pressure incisional wound therapy dressing" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,072, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Westmeath, Ireland).

"Multi-layer negative pressure incisional wound therapy dressing" was invented by Justin Alexander Long (Lago Vista, Texas), Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Timothy Mark Robinson (Shillingstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dressing for treating tissue may be a composite of dressing layers, including a contact layer, a manifold layer, and an adhesive drape. The manifold layer may include one or more layers of felted open-cell foam in some examples. The manifold layer may be relatively thin to reduce t...