ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,021, issued on Sept. 9.

"Inferior-to-superior deep tissue thread-lift using polydioxanone threads" was invented by Dina BenDavid (Edgartown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thread-lifting surgical procedure employs an inferior-to-superior method of thread insertion through one or more deep cheek tissue pads, which angles the deep cheek tissue fat pads upward and inward. An inferior-to-superior method of thread insertion is also used for gonial angle insertion vectors through the superficial fat pads. A method for marking the patient prior to performing the thread-lifting surgical procedure is also provided. A computer and com...