US Patent Issued to HYUNDAEMEDITECH on Dec. 30 for "Biodegradable thread manufacturing apparatus and method, and biodegradable thread thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,018, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAEMEDITECH Co. LTD. (Wonju-si, South Korea).

"Biodegradable thread manufacturing apparatus and method, and biodegradable thread thereof" was invented by Mi Hee Song (Wonju-si, South Korea) and Chul Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to biodegradable thread manufacturing apparatus including: a thread feeding unit for feeding a biodegradable thread; and a cog formation unit for forming cogs on the outer peripheral surface of the biodegradable thread fed from the thread feeding unit, wherein the cog formation unit may include a multi-blad...