ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,626, issued on June 17, was assigned to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION (Trevoux, France).
"Umbilical hernia prosthesis" was invented by Pierre Bailly (Caluire-et-Cuire, France) and Gaetan Romuald (Bron, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a prosthesis (200) comprising: -one mesh (1) delimited by a peripheral exterior edge (1a), -a frame (2) fastened to said mesh and adopting the shape of said peripheral exterior edge of the mesh, said frame being set back from said peripheral exterior edge and being provided with two hinge points (3a, 3b), the line passing through said two hinge points also passing through the...