US Patent Issued to Ballast Medical on March 11 for "Natural fibers having absorbable and hydrophobic properties for making surgical sutures and surgical meshes" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,100, issued on March 11, was assigned to Ballast Medical Inc. (Montreal).

"Natural fibers having absorbable and hydrophobic properties for making surgical sutures and surgical meshes" was invented by Michel Gagner (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suture materials for producing medical devices are provided. The suture materials can include natural fibers, and can be suitable for making multifilament sutures and surgical meshes comprising multifilament sutures as examples of medical devices. The multifilament suture can include a plurality of filaments combined together according to a twined pattern, and at least one f...