US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 28 for "Absorbent negative pressure wound therapy dressing" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,658, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).

"Absorbent negative pressure wound therapy dressing" was invented by John Philip Gowans (Hessle, Great Britain) and Stephanie Jane Noble (Brough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a wound treatment apparatus employing glue on the backing layer of a wound dressing. In some embodiments, the glue limits saturation of an absorbent layer beneath the backing layer."

The patent was filed on Aug. 16, 2021, under Application No. 17/403,178.

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