US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on March 11 for "Component positioning and stress relief for sensor enabled wound dressings" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,920, issued on March 11, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Component positioning and stress relief for sensor enabled wound dressings" was invented by Emma Rhian Cole (Hull, Great Britain), Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, Great Britain), Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain) and Daniel Lee Steward (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for component stress relief are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wound dressing includes a substantially stretchable wound contact layer including a wound facing side and a non-wound facing side. The wound facing side ...