US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Jan. 13 for "Methods, compositions and kits for surgical repair" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,470, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Methods, compositions and kits for surgical repair" was invented by Sandra Nagale (Bolton, Mass.), Mark W. Boden (Harrisville, R.I.) and Andrew Dolan (Bridgewater, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, the present invention provides surgical procedures that comprise applying compositions into and/or onto tissue, including supporting tissues (e.g., ligaments, connective tissue, muscles, etc.) for pelvic organs, among other tissues. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to compositions that are useful for performing ...