ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,244, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Stratasys Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Additive manufacturing processes employing a material featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue" was invented by Daniel Dikovsky (Ariel, Israel), Shai Hirsch (Rehovot, Israel), Mazi Amiel-Levy (Petach-Tikva, Israel), Amit Feffer (Ramat HaSharon, Israel) and Shiran Lupo (Yokneam Ilit, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of fabricating three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue and three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue or of an organ comprising same are provided."

The patent was filed on ...