ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,052, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MEDTRADE PRODUCTS Ltd. (Crewe, Great Britain).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wound dressing composition for use as or in a wound dressing and to methods of making the wound dressing composition. The wound dressing composition comprises an absorbent material, an adhesive material and an anchor material attached to the absorbent material and the adhesive material. The anchor material is operable to maintain a l...