US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on June 10 for "Negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses and methods with integrated electronics" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,729, issued on June 10, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses and methods with integrated electronics" was invented by Michael Earl (York, Great Britain), Frederick Jethro Harrison (Cambridge, Great Britain), William Kelbie (Inverness, Great Britain), Reece Knight (Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain), David Peter Lloyd (North Ferriby, Great Britain), Joseph William Robinson (Papworth Everard, Great Britain), Daniel Lee Steward (Hull, Great Britain) and Grant West (Luton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wound treatme...