ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,350, issued on Nov. 11.
"Expanding device and method of use thereof" was invented by Aaron Christian (Redwood City, Calif.), Alexander Herbst (Redwood City, Calif.), Michael Abrouk (Redwood City, Calif.) and Jay Herbst (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of expanding skin adjacent to an open wound according to the present disclosure includes steps of providing a first expanding device and a second expanding device; placing the first and second expanding devices on two opposite sides of the wound; coupling the first expanding device, the skin, and the second expanding device with a suture; expanding the skin ...