US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on April 15 for "Medical system and dressing for use under compression" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,823, issued on April 15, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Medical system and dressing for use under compression" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain), Justin Alexander Long (Lago Vista, Texas), Benjamin Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain), Benjamin Andrew Pratt (Poole, Great Britain), Thomas Alan Edwards (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Timothy Mark Robinson (Shillingstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some illustrative examples, a bridge suitable for treating a tissue site may include a bridge sealing member and one or more bridge wicking layers...