US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "Systems, devices and methods of repairing tendons and ligaments" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,904, issued on Dec. 2.

"Systems, devices and methods of repairing tendons and ligaments" was invented by Jason T. Perkins (Easton, Pa.), Alexander M. Cannara (Roseland, N.J.), Wei Kong (Bridgewater, N.J.), Matthew D. Putnam (Minneapolis), David W. Overaker (Glen Gardner, N.J.), James Amis (Rogersville, Mo.), Mark T. Mooney (Duluth, Ga.), John Killion (Flemington, N.J.), Shane Lacy (Bound Brook, N.J.) and Sandra Jean Savidge (Whitehouse Station, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repaired tendon includes a proximal tendon section having a free end, and a distal tendon section having a free end that opposes the free end of the proxim...