US Patent Issued to Stetrix on June 17 for "Perianal support device with flexible side supports" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,669, issued on June 17, was assigned to Stetrix Inc. (Bartlett, Tenn.).

"Perianal support device with flexible side supports" was invented by David D. Blurton (Whiteville, Tenn.) and Mark Buchanan (Atoka, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perianal support device includes a central support element with an apex having a continuous contact surface along the apex to interface with a patient's perianal tissue. Compression elements extend laterally away from each apex side of the central support element. Each compression element may have a narrower proximal end to the central support element and a wider distal end, and be flexible to ...