US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Nov. 4 for "Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,541, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy" was invented by Sean Albert (Barrington, N.H.), Ed Armstrong (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Ken Beaudoin (Wakefield, Mass.), Iain Michael Blackburn (East Yorkshire, Great Britain), Phil Bussone (S. Hamilton, Mass.), Brendan Crawford (Westborough, Mass.), Robert Emmerson (Beverley, Great Britain), Mike Ewaschuk (Vershire, Vt.), Stephen Gianelis (Abington, Mass.), Andrew Goddard (Beverly, Mass.), Joseph Gordon (Mansfield, Mass.), Mark Guarraia (Providence, R.I.), Tim Johnson (Raymond, N.H.), Darwin Keith-Lucas (Arlington, Mass.), Andrew Linton (Woodthorpe, ...