ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,820, issued on March 17, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Surgical fixation systems and methods" was invented by Samuel Bachmaier (Mauern, Germany) and Coen Wijdicks (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to surgical fixation systems and methods. The surgical fixation systems can include a fixation device and an adjustable loop connected to the fixation device."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/361,215.

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