ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,904, issued on March 31, was assigned to Miach Orthopaedics Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Implant devices and fabrication methods for implant devices" was invented by Stephen Wohlert (Westborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are disclosed for an implant device that may be configured to repair tissue. The device may include a distal end configured to be connectable to at least a first part of the tissue. The device may include a proximate end configured to be connectable to at least a second part of the tissue. The device may include a substrate configured to form a connection between the first part of the tissue ...