ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,537, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sheridan Technologies LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).
"Segmented skirted surgical mesh" was invented by John W. Huelskamp (Deer Park, Ill.), Eric Nelson (Barrington, Ill.), Eric Bouillet (La Talaudiere, France) and William Wiecek (La Talaudiere, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A segmented skirted surgical mesh for use in reconstructing a soft tissue defect, the segmented skirted surgical mesh comprising: a base layer of surgical mesh, the base layer of surgical mesh comprising an outer edge; and a segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh comprising an outer edge and an inner edge which de...