US Patent Issued to AEVUMED on July 21 for "Suture anchor with microthreads and suture anchor driver with needle attachment" (Pennsylvania, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,522, issued on July 21, was assigned to AEVUMED INC. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Suture anchor with microthreads and suture anchor driver with needle attachment" was invented by Miles Ole Curtis (Philadelphia), Saif El Din Khalil (Wayne, Pa.), Joseph Albert Abboud (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and Peter Shay Johnston (Leonardtown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture anchor is described. The suture anchor includes an elongate anchor body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one suture secured within the anchor body, at least one major thread, and at least two microthreads occupying the space between each major thread. An anchor driver is ...