US Patent Issued to Davol on Sept. 1 for "Implantable prosthesis" (New Jersey, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,714, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Davol Inc. (Warwick, R.I.).

"Implantable prosthesis" was invented by Augustus Felix (Cranston, R.I.) and Michael Ligeikis (Marlton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable prosthesis for repairing a defect in a muscle or tissue wall. The prosthesis comprises a body of biologically compatible prosthetic material having a preformed three-dimensional contoured shape that independently assumes a three-dimensional curved shape configured to conform to the muscle or tissue wall. The body may be formed of a mesh fabric employing a knit construction. The body may be configured with one or mo...