ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,877, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC (Watford, Great Britain).
"Wound dressing and method of use" was invented by Gordon Campbell Adie (Cottingham, Great Britain), Sarah Jenny Collinson (Hull, Great Britain), Christopher John Fryer (York, Great Britain), Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), Derek Nicolini (Hull, Great Britain) and Yannick Louis Peron (East Yorkshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises a liquid and gas permeable transmission layer, an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, the a...