ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,316, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Molnlycke Health Care AB (Molndal, Sweden).

"Dressing comprising a first and a second release layer" was invented by Ulf Johannison (Landvetter, Sweden), Tommy Sundeback (Trollhattan, Sweden), David Valham (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden), Tina Westerberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Lena Jacobsson (Savedalen, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dressing includes a backing layer, an adhesive skin contact layer, and a first release liner. The adhesive skin contact layer has a central portion and an edge portion surrounding the central portion. The first release liner is configured to be releasably atta...