US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 21 for "Negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses and methods with integrated electronics" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,260, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses and methods with integrated electronics" was invented by Victoria Beadle (Hull, Great Britain), Mark Hesketh (Royston, Great Britain), William Kelbie (Iverness, Great Britain), Damyn Musgrave (Cottenham, Great Britain), Joseph William Robinson (Papworth Everard, Great Britain) and Daniel Steward (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for wound treatment. In some embodiments, a wound dressing apparatus can comprise a wound contact layer,...