US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on April 22 for "Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,203, issued on April 22, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy" was invented by Vithushan Jeyakumaran (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved filter assemblies for use with in a canister for collecting wound exudate from a wound site, the canister comprising a filter and a shield configured to protect the filter from components within the interior of the canister."

The patent w...