ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,357, issued on May 20, was assigned to Molnlycke Health Care AB (Molndal, Sweden).

"Fiber materials with improved properties for use in wound treatment" was invented by Erik Carlsson (Saro, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a fiber material comprising a substrate of non-ionic, non-woven fibers, and at least one additional component, which is an agent that comprises at least one group capable of forming a hydrogen bond, wherein a combination of the substrate and the agent causes the fiber material to have an increased wet tensile strength of at least 5%, as measured in accordance with EN 29073-3:1992, as compared to a...