US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Sept. 9 for "Conformable dressing" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,074, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Conformable dressing" was invented by Krystal J. Scheibel (Minneapolis), Kristopher E. Hunter (Woodbury, Minn.) and Steven B. Heinecke (New Richmond, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When thin-film dressings are used to secure a device, the dressing might need to stretch in some areas to accommodate varying sizes of a device, while remaining stiffer in some areas to limit stretching of the materials. Excessive stretching of the materials can cause the dressing to peel away from the skin or cause the underlying device to not be suffi...