US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Nov. 4 for "System and method for managing reduced pressure delivered to a tissue site" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,742, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"System and method for managing reduced pressure delivered to a tissue site" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain), David Robson Blandford (Fordingbridge, Great Britain) and Richard Daniel John Coulthard (Verwood, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for managing reduced pressure at a tissue site are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pump for supplying reduced pressure to the tissue site, a motor coupled to the pump to propel the pump, and a drive system electrically coupled...