US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Oct. 21 for "Flexible and conformable wound dressing with enhanced fluid absorption capability" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,053, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Flexible and conformable wound dressing with enhanced fluid absorption capability" was invented by Christopher B. Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Timothy Mark Robinson (Blandford Forum, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound dressing includes an elastic foam layer, a drape layer, and superabsorbent projections. The elastic foam layer is configured to engage a wound bed and has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the wound bed. The drape layer also has a first side and a second side, th...