ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,318, issued on April 29, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).
"Vacuum assisted wound dressing" was invented by Bryan Greener (York, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for the application of topical negative pressure therapy to a wound site is described, the apparatus comprising: a wound contacting element for retaining wound exudate fluid therein; a wound covering element that provides a substantially airtight seal over the wound contacting element and wound site; a vacuum connection tube connecting a wound cavity to a vacuum source; and a vacuum source connected to a distal end of the vacuu...