US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Nov. 4 for "Debriding dressing for use with negative pressure and fluid instillation" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,387, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Debriding dressing for use with negative pressure and fluid instillation" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain), Peter Arnold (Northumberland, Great Britain) and Timothy Mark Robinson (Shillingstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for debriding a tissue site are described. The system includes a manifold and a cover adapted to form a sealed space over the tissue site for providing negative pressure. The system also includes a debridement tool positioned between ...