ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,477, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Establishment Labs S.A. (La Garita, Costa Rica).

"Scaffolding for implantable medical devices and methods of use thereof" was invented by Ariel Seidner H. (La Garita, Costa Rica), Nathalia Araujo (La Garita, Costa Rica), John Hancock (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Thomas Fuller (La Garita, Costa Rica), Arikha Moses (New York), Roberto De Mezerville (La Garita, Costa Rica) and Juan Jose Chacon Quiros (La Garita, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Scaffolding constructs, medical devices comprising scaffolding constructs, and related methods of manufacturing and treatment are described. The scaff...