ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,116, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TELA Bio Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Implants with corner-lock stitch patterns" was invented by Skott Greenhalgh (Gladwyne, Pa.) and John-Paul Romano (Chalfont, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implants including stitching patterns that overlap to produce a corner-locked stitch pattern. An implant may include a substrate including a biocompatible material a reinforcing mesh sewn into the substrate. The reinforcing mesh may include a corner-stitch pattern that includes a first lock-stitch pattern and a second lock-stitch pattern. The first lock-stitch pattern may include a first upper thread and a f...