US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 21 for "Compressible wound fillers and systems and methods of use in treating wounds with negative pressure" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,055, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Compressible wound fillers and systems and methods of use in treating wounds with negative pressure" was invented by Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), John Kenneth Hicks (Pocklington, Great Britain), Carl Saxby (Brough, Great Britain), Elizabeth Mary Huddleston (Copmanthorpe, Great Britain), John Christian Hoggarth (York, Great Britain), Tim Stern (Huddersfield, Great Britain) and Andrew Linton (Yorkshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods disclosed herein relate to various embodiments of wound fillers...