ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,538, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to UNIVERSITE D'AIX-MARSEILLE (Marseilles, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE MARSEILLE (Marseilles, France) and UNIVERSITE GUSTAVE EIFFEL (Marne-la-Vallee, France).

"Device for determining the abdominal wall dynamic biomechanical behavior, and a method making use of such a device" was invented by Thierry Bege (Marseilles, France), Julien Pagazani (Noisy le Grand, France), Gaelle Lissorgues (Le Perreux sur Marne, France), Arthur Jourdan (Marseilles, France), Catherine Masson (Marseilles, France) and David Bendahan (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. P...