US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States, as represented by The Director of the Defense Health Agency on Feb. 17 for "Repositionable surgical tampon" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,674, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Government of the United States, as represented by The Director of the Defense Health Agency (Fort Detrick, Md.).

"Repositionable surgical tampon" was invented by Andrew Boston (Silver Spring, Md.) and Mostafa Ahmed (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conformable surgical tampon for disposition into and removal from an anatomical cavity of a mammalian patient by a doctor to absorb and collect bodily fluids. The tampon comprises an absorbent chassis material and a plurality of spaced apart positioning strings attached to the chassis. The spaced apart positioning strings are ...