ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,478, issued on April 14, was assigned to DONGBANG MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Lifting suture for rhinoplasty and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Hae seok Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a lifting suture for rhinoplasty and a manufacturing method thereof. A manufacturing method of a lifting suture according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include forming a lifting suture including a first region and a second region, each of which has cogs formed therein, and forming a connecting region by pressing the lifting suture while the first region and th...