ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,347, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio).

"Micropatterned silicone oxygenating dressing for chronic wounds" was invented by Chandan Das (Toledo, Ohio), Munier Nazzal (Toledo, Ohio) and F. Charles Brunicardi (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound dressing system having an oxygen-permeable membrane having a first surface and a second surface with oxygen-permeable pillars extending from the second surface is described."

The patent was filed on March 21, 2019, under Application No. 16/982,696.

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