US Patent Issued to Arthrex on March 17 for "Methods and instrumentation for durotomy repairs" (Florida, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,822, issued on March 17, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Methods and instrumentation for durotomy repairs" was invented by Shane Noble (Naples, Fla.), G. Joshua Karnes (Estero, Fla.), Zak Kemp (Naples, Fla.), Peter J. Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Michael A. Gallizzi (Denver) and Edison P. Valle-Giler (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical constructs, assemblies, kits and methods of tissue fixation are disclosed. A suture passing instrument includes a curved tip integral with a distal end of a shaft, a hand assembly mounted on a proximal end of the shaft, and a flexible strand attached to one or two needles a...