U.S. patent number D927,689 [Application Number D/735,098] was granted by the patent office on 2021-08-10 for three dimensional mastopexy implant. This patent grant is currently assigned to Tepha, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Tepha, Inc.. Invention is credited to Fabio Felix, Skander Limem, Rebecca Marciante, Arikha Moses, Said Rizk, Emily Stires, Bruce Van Natta.
United States Patent | D927,689 |
Limem , et al. | August 10, 2021 |
Inventors: | Limem; Skander (Melrose, MA), Stires; Emily (Boston, MA), Marciante; Rebecca (North Reading, MA), Rizk; Said (Windham, NH), Moses; Arikha (Summit, NJ), Felix; Fabio (Foxborough, MA), Van Natta; Bruce (Westfield, IN) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington,
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Appl. No.: | D/735,098 | ||||||||||
Filed: | May 18, 2020 |
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Current U.S. Class: | D24/155 |
Current International Class: | 2403 |
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