US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Oct. 28 for "Fluid-managing medical adhesive articles with microstructured surfaces" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,659, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Fluid-managing medical adhesive articles with microstructured surfaces" was invented by Audrey A. Sherman (Woodbury, Minn.), Bret W. Ludwig (Oakdale, Minn.), Rajan B. Bodkhe (Woodbury, Minn.) and Guy M. Kallman (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adhesive constructions include a mammalian skin surface and an adhesive article in contact with the mammalian skin. The adhesive article includes a substrate and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer in contact with the mammalian skin is a microstructured surface with channels. At l...