ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,325, issued on April 29, was assigned to Tepha Inc. (Lexington, Mass.).
"Absorbable implants for plastic surgery" was invented by Fabio Felix (Foxborough, Mass.), Antonio Fosco (North Reading, Mass.), David P. Martin (Arlington, Mass.), Arikha Moses (Larchmont, N.Y.), Bruce Van Natta (Westfield, Ind.), Said Rizk (Windham, N.H.) and Simon F. Williams (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Absorbable implants for breast surgery that conform to the breast parenchyma and surrounding chest wall have been developed. These implants support newly lifted breast parenchyma, and/or a breast implant. The implants have mechanical propert...