ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,238, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Fiber implant with interwoven different materials" was invented by Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.), Randall Allard (Golden, Colo.), Sean Gill (Denver), Paul Devasconcellos (Parker, Colo.) and Kyle Hartson (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implants, and surgical methods are disclosed herein. The implant includes a first fiber population that includes at least one non-resorbable fiber and an arrangement of non-resorbable fibers that includes a plurality of gaps between portions of the at least one non-resorbable fiber. Further, the implant includes a se...