ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,122, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Extended wear-time dressing" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (San Antonio), Kristine M. Kieswetter (San Antonio) and Timothy Mark Robinson (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As an example, in some embodiments is a dressing that may comprise a manifold, a bioresorbable component, and a degradation-modulating component. The degradation-modulating component may cover two or more surfaces of the bioresorbable component. The degradation-modulating component may be further configured to modulate degradation of the bioresorbable...