ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,863, issued on June 17, was assigned to Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam).

"Wound dressing articles and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hiep Thi Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam) and Toi Van Vo (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a medical dressing article and a method of manufacturing the same, which comprises: (a) a first layer comprised of polycaprocaptone fibers having a PCL fiber diameter of 0.5 micro metre and 2.9 micro metre; (b) a second layer, deposited directly on the first layer, including a mixture of polycaprolactone and poloxam...