US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on Feb. 25 for "Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using the same" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,195, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using the same" was invented by Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain) and Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating the systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device is configured to detect an identity of a patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device. The medical device automatically modifies one or mor...