US Patent Issued to L & O Medical on June 30 for "Use of platelet-based products for treatment of capsular contracture proximate breast implant" (Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,591, issued on June 30, was assigned to L & O Medical LLC (Honolulu).

"Use of platelet-based products for treatment of capsular contracture proximate breast implant" was invented by Stephen Lawrence Schlesinger (Honolulu) and Owen Tsan Mo Chan (Honolulu).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and products for treating capsular contractures of breast implants including (1) platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) fraction from a patient who exhibits capsular contracture of a breast implant; and (2) applying the PRF fraction to said capsular contracture, thereby relaxing the capsular contracture."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2025, under Applica...