ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,270, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BRIJ Medical Inc. (Marietta, Ga.).

"Force modulating tissue bridge" was invented by Felmont Eaves (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices disclosed herein include pre-defined structures for dispensing forces onto a tissue plane in a living organism and are utilized to adjust spatial relationships, orientations, and mechanical forces in a patient treatment area. The treatment area may be a wound, an incision, or a surgically accessed area within a patient that includes oppositely disposed sections that heal more efficiently and with less scarring when force vectors of a particula...