US Patent Issued to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION on June 2 for "Bioresorbable knit for hernia repair and method for manufacturing the same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,637, issued on June 2, was assigned to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION (Trevoux, France).

"Bioresorbable knit for hernia repair and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Damien Simons (Lyons, France), Anthony Mira (Villefranche sur Saone, France) and Julie Lecuivre (Jassans Riottier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a bioresorbable prosthetic porous knit comprising an arrangement of yarns of bioresorbable biocompatible material defining at least two sides for said knit, said knit being provided, on one of its sides, with barbs protruding outwards from said one side, wherein each yarn of the arran...