ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,943, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for using structured tissue augmentation constructs in soft tissue fixation repair" was invented by Mehmet Ziya Sengun (Canton, Mass.), Douglas L. Hester (Dartmouth, Mass.) and Tamim Diab (Attleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods to improve both the reliability of soft tissue repair procedures and the speed at which the procedures are completed are provided. The devices and systems include one or more structured tissue augmentation constructs, which include constructs that are configured ...