US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Dec. 30 for "Reinforced biological construct and method of reinforcing biological construct" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,121, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Reinforced biological construct and method of reinforcing biological construct" was invented by John Konicek (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforced graft construct for repairing a tendon or ligament formed by inserting a piece of material, such as suture, through the graft lengthwise. The material may be inserted along only a portion of the graft or along the entire graft. The material may be a reinforcement (reinforcing) material such as suture, tape, weave, or mesh passed lengthwise through the graft (for example, along the center of the graft)...