ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,355, issued on May 20, was assigned to MEDTRADE PRODUCTS Ltd. (Cheshire, Great Britain).

"Wound dressing" was invented by Andrew Hoggarth (Crewe, Great Britain), Craig Hardy (Cardigan, Great Britain) and Ander Bugedo Albizuri (Cheshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to wound dressings. In particular, the invention relates to antimicrobial wound dressings, methods of making the same and uses of the same. The wound dressing of the present invention comprises a wound contact layer and an absorption layer, wherein the wound contact layer comprises at least one antimicrobial agent and wherein t...