Anchor Scaffold · Patented
Close the space.
Keep the form.
A new class of surgical devices for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face and body, starting with a patented anchor scaffold designed to close dead space without drains.
Every dissection leaves a space behind. Bioforma is built to close it.
Drains, quilting and progressive tension sutures have long been the answer to dead space after flap elevation. Each brings trade-offs in operating time and patient comfort. Bioforma rethinks the problem from the tissue up.
The technology
Anchors and a scaffold, working as one.
Barbed anchors rise from a chain of repeating base elements, facing one way or both ways, so tissue planes are held together across the whole surface.
Holds tissue planes together
Anchors engage both sides of the dissected space so flaps sit down and stay down, without external compression.
Tension, distributed
A chain of repeating base elements spreads load across the whole surface instead of concentrating it at individual stitches.
Designed to disappear
Engineered around absorbable biomaterials, intended to do its work during healing and then resorb.
One platform
Face. Body. Built for both.
Bioforma is a platform company. The anchor scaffold is the first of a family of devices for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
Face
Precision for the face and neck.
Intended for flap surgery of the face and neck, where contour and smooth redraping matter most.
Body
Confidence for the body.
Intended for large-surface procedures such as abdominoplasty, body contouring and breast surgery.
Applications shown are under development.
Intellectual property
Patented.
Unidirectional and Bidirectional Anchor Scaffolds, an issued U.S. patent. Continuation applications are pending in the United States and Europe.
Founder
Michael J. Lee, MD
Plastic surgeon. Educator. Inventor.
A board-certified plastic surgeon focused on refinement and rejuvenation of the face, nose and body, Dr. Lee founded Bioforma to bring the precision of aesthetic surgery to the devices surgeons rely on.
Certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Faculty
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Training
MD, University of Michigan · Surgical residency, Northwestern
Societies
American Society of Plastic Surgeons · The Aesthetic Society
Practice
MJL Aesthetics, Chicago
Partner with us
Built with surgeons. Open to partners.
We welcome conversations with surgeons interested in clinical collaboration, and with development, manufacturing and licensing partners.