ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,524, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rejuvatek Medical Inc. (Sandy, Utah).

"Template and method for removing a tattoo through patterned trans-epidermal pigment release" was invented by Jack H. Savage (Sandy, Utah), Timothy N. Turner (West Jordan, Utah) and Gregg D. Niven (Kaysville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a method for removing a tattoo through patterned trans-epidermal pigment release includes determining first treatment area of skin of a patient through a primary template including primary apertures, marking the first treatment area of skin of the patient along borders of the primary apertures to outli...