ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,767, issued on March 24.
"Compressible, minimally invasive implants and related systems and methods" was invented by Taiyo Weber (Veysonnaz, Switzerland) and Paul Weber (Veysonnaz, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods involving implants positioned within implant pockets through minimally invasive entrance incisions, along with related implants. In some implementations, implants may be folded, rolled, or otherwise compressed to fit within subcutaneous implant pockets, after which they may be decompressed to fit within an implant pocket having one or more dimensions substantially larger than the entrance inci...