US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Sept. 23 for "Construction and protection of components in negative pressure wound therapy systems" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,006, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Construction and protection of components in negative pressure wound therapy systems" was invented by William W. Gregory (Gainesville, Fla.), Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain) 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 one embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing, a negative pressure source, a canister, an antenna, and one or more controllers. The negative pressure source can provide negative pressure via a fluid flow ...