ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,359, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Suture anchors with one-way locking mechanisms" was invented by Andrew Christian Petry (Naples, Fla.), Peter J. Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Paul C. Brady (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Philipp Moroder (Meilen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for performing tensionable knotless surgical procedures. A suture locking device that includes a one-way locking mechanism may be utilized for tensioning and locking one or more strands of suture during the surgical procedure. The one-way locking mechanism may be established by one or more locki...