US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 21 for "Reduced pressure therapy systems and methods including an antenna" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,059, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Reduced pressure therapy systems and methods including an antenna" was invented by Manveer Brar (San Diego), William W. Gregory (Gainesville, Fla.) and Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing enclosing a source of negative pressure and a controller configured to operate the source of negative pressure to provide negative pressure wound therapy to a wound. The housing can also include a c...