US Patent Issued to Embody on Nov. 3 for "Braided surgical implants" (Virginia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,084, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Embody Inc. (Norfolk, Va.).

"Braided surgical implants" was invented by Robert S. Brown (Norfolk, Va.), Caitlin Harclerode (Norfolk, Va.), Nardos Sori (Norfolk, Va.), Michael P. Francis (Norfolk, Va.) and Nicholas Thayer (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable biopolymer scaffold includes at least one braided strand comprising high strength collagen fibers and synthetic fibers, wherein the collagen fibers have a greater cross-sectional deform ability than the synthetic fibers."

The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/167,051.

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