US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on July 8 for "Advanced wound dressing for incisional wounds that provides apposition forces as a result of fluid absorption" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,128, issued on July 8, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Advanced wound dressing for incisional wounds that provides apposition forces as a result of fluid absorption" was invented by Benjamin Andrew Pratt (Poole, Great Britain) and James Killingworth Seddon (Wimborne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dressing for the treatment of incisional wounds includes an upper cover, a patient interface layer, and an absorbent material. The upper cover is configured to substantially cover the incisional wound. The upper cover includes a drape and a plurality of spines coupled to the drape. T...