US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 28 for "Blockage detection in reduced pressure therapy" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,811, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Blockage detection in reduced pressure therapy" was invented by Justin A. Bushko (Clearwater, Fla.), William Joseph Jaecklein (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), Felix C. Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain) and Christopher Karl Walter Rouseff (Saint Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a pump assembly and a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound. The pump assembly and the wound dressing can be flui...