US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on June 10 for "Wound treatment apparatuses" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,727, issued on June 10, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Wound treatment apparatuses" was invented by Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), Mark Richardson (York, Great Britain) and Carl Saxby (Brough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the creation and use of bespoke wound fillers and other wound treatment apparatuses. Some embodiments provide for the creation of bespoke wound fillers based on characteristics of a wound. Certain embodiments also include the use of bespoke wound fillers in combination with negative pressure to treat a wo...