US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Nov. 4 for "Piezoelectric pump adapter for negative-pressure therapy" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,745, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Piezoelectric pump adapter for negative-pressure therapy" was invented by Justin Alexander Long (Lago Vista, Texas) and Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for negative-pressure therapy is described. The system includes a dressing configured to be positioned adjacent a tissue site and a piezoelectric pump having at least one inlet and at least one outlet. An adapter is coupled to the piezoelectric pump and configured to be fluidly coupled to the dressing. The adapter is configured to...