ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,614, issued on June 17, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Tearable dressing structure" was invented by Timothy Mark Robinson (Shillingstone, Great Britain) and Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dressing or wound filler comprising a laminate structure of materials. In one example embodiment, a dressing may include a first layer comprising a first film, a second layer adjacent to the first layer and comprising a foam, and a third layer comprising a second film. The first layer and the second layer may further include a plurality of perforations ...