ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,864, issued on June 17, was assigned to A-TOP HEALTH BIOTECH Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Cosmetic treatment" was invented by Yu-Chia Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan) and Ping-Chuan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a surgical thread, comprising a modified cross-section fiber, wherein the modified cross-section fiber is in a twisted state. The surgical thread of the present invention has advantages of good coefficient of kinetic friction, good tensile strength, good elongation rate and good softness, and good safety, comprising no inflammatory potential, no cytotoxicity, no pyrogen, no acute syst...