US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on May 13 for "Shear resistant wound dressing for use in vacuum wound therapy" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,814, issued on May 13, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Shear resistant wound dressing for use in vacuum wound therapy" was invented by Ronald F. Vitaris (Worcester, Mass.) and Bethany A. Vitaris (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover layer for a vacuum wound therapy dressing includes a backing layer formed from a flexible polymeric membrane and an adhesive layer for affixing the backing layer over a wound bed to provide a substantially fluid-tight seal around a perimeter of the wound bed. The cover layer is reinforced with a reinforcement layer extending to a peripheral region of the backing l...