ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,557, issued on May 13, was assigned to LAP IQ INC. (Los Altos, Calif.).
"Implantable tissue scaffold" was invented by Michael S. Klein (Salinas, Calif.), Michael G. Fourkas (Sunnyvale, Calif.), James Su (Newark, Calif.) and Matias Bruzoni (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biodegradable scaffold for wound closure including a central rod and upper and lower plates that each at least partially circumscribe the central rod. Each of the upper and lower plates is attached to the central rod and includes an upper section and a lower section that are connected by a helical middle section. The upper section and lower sectio...