US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Aug. 4 for "Rotator cuff repairs and reconstructions" (Florida, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,113, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Rotator cuff repairs and reconstructions" was invented by Thomas Dooney Jr. (Naples, Fla.), Matthew T. Provencher (Basalt, Colo.) and Trevor D. Arnold (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical constructs, assemblies, and methods for rotator cuff reinforcement are disclosed. Side tissue of a reconstructed rotator cuff is secured with at least one flexible coupler and at least one fixation device secured to bone."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/935,649.

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