ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,300, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Springfield, Ill.).

"System and method for fluid ingress control for a skin grafting system" was invented by Marvin A. Guiles (Stow, Mass.), Aaron McPherson (Boston) and Thomas J. Evans (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin grafting system having a handheld device, a cartridge, and a device shield. The handheld device includes a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system. The cartridge includes a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and is configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract...