ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,824, issued on May 27, was assigned to Sergey Y. Turin (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Surgical dressing for drains" was invented by Sergey Y Turin (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Farhad Fatakia (North Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical dressing is disclosed. The surgical dressing may have a dressing element, a connection element, and a tube element. The dressing element may be applied to a wound site of an organic body. The dressing element and tube element may be coupled at opposing ends of the connection element. The tube element may be coupled to a tube extending from the wound site. A secondary layer may be coupled to the co...