US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on July 15 for "Systems and methods for applying reduced pressure therapy" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,746, issued on July 15, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods for applying reduced pressure therapy" was invented by Eric Edward Adams (Pittsboro, N.C.), Kevin Bendele (Fort Worth, Texas), Aaron Michael Husz (Cary, N.C.), David Edward Lee (Durham, N.C.), Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain), Lee Michael Rush (Saint Petersberg, Fla.), David Ronald Upton (New Hill, N.C.) and William Jacob Ward (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a negativ...