US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Aug. 11 for "Surgical constructs for tissue fixation and methods of tissue repairs" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,401, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Surgical constructs for tissue fixation and methods of tissue repairs" was invented by John W. Schmieding (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical constructs, assemblies and methods of tissue fixation are disclosed. A surgical construct includes a spreadable web attached to a plurality of peripheral strands. The spreadable web may be tensionable and may include one or more flexible filaments or strands. At least one of the filaments is coupled to the peripheral strands. The filaments may extend from the peripheral strands in different directions and/or...