US Patent Issued to Arthrex on June 2 for "Methods of tissue repairs" (Florida, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,521, issued on June 2, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Methods of tissue repairs" was invented by Paul C. Brady (Knoxville, Tenn.), Andrew C. Petry (Naples, Fla.), Shaun G. Leblanc (Naples, Fla.) and Jennifer Brooks (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for tissue repairs with mattress stitch are disclosed. A mattress stitch is created with a suturing construct that includes one or more soft-body anchors and a flexible strand attached to the soft-body anchors. A free, tensionable end of the flexible strand is removably attached to a suture passer and passed through the tissue. The free end is then passed t...