ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,639, issued on July 21.

"Implant comprising an expandable section" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Penile implant and system comprising such an implant. The penile implant comprises a number of features which improves the function of the penile implant, e.g. a certain surface structure and portions with specific functions."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/729,128.

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