US Patent Issued to Poly-Med on Oct. 27 for "Absorbable/biodegradable composite yarn constructs and applications thereof" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,306, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Poly-Med Inc. (Anderson, S.C.).

"Absorbable/biodegradable composite yarn constructs and applications thereof" was invented by Shalaby W. Shalaby (Anderson, S.C.), Shawn Peniston (Easley, S.C.), Michael Scott Taylor (Anderson, S.C.) and Douglas D. Greene (Easley, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Absorbable composite medical devices such as surgical meshes and braided sutures, which display two or more absorption/biodegradation and breaking strength retention profiles and exhibit unique properties in different clinical settings, are made using combinations of at least two types of yarns having...