US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Jan. 13 for "Low acuity dressing with integral pump" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,478, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Low acuity dressing with integral pump" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain), Richard Daniel John Coulthard (Verwood, Great Britain) and Timothy Mark Robinson (Shillingstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, assemblies, and methods for providing negative-pressure therapy to a tissue site are described. The system can include an absorbent and a sealing layer configured to cover the absorbent. The system can also include a blister fluidly coupled to the absorbent. The blister may have a...