ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. D1,099,288, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to T.J. Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Device for applying negative pressure to a wound" was invented by William Davies (Edinburgh, Great Britain), David Michael Elder (Hull, Great Britain), James Cunningham Glencross (Musselburgh, Great Britain), Danielle Susan Johnson (Hull, Great Britain), James Donald McLusky (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Hannah Bailey Weedon (Hull, Great Britain).

The patent was filed on March 23, 2022, under Application No. D/831,882.

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