US Patent Issued to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION on April 21 for "Methods of forming implants suitable for soft tissue repair" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,242, issued on April 21, was assigned to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION (Trevoux, France).

"Methods of forming implants suitable for soft tissue repair" was invented by Damien Simons (Lyons, France), Gaetan Guerin (Lyons, France) and Nizar Bechir (Feyzin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming implants suitable for hernia or prolapse repair are provided, the implants including an implantable web including a combination of laid yarns and threading yarns and optionally a substrate. The methods include at least laying one or more laid yarns and threading one or more thread yarns."

The patent was filed on Oct. 18, 2022, under Ap...