US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on March 3 for "Tensionable knotless surgical techniques" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,399, issued on March 3, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Tensionable knotless surgical techniques" was invented by Peter J. Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Amr W. Elmaraghy (Missisuaga, Canada), Gautam P. Yagnik (Miami) and Andrew C. Petry (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for tissue repairs with surgical constructs having cinch loops and stoppers that do not require tying of knots are disclosed. A surgical construct includes a loop with a racking hitch terminating in a single tail. Mechanical pressure is applied to the single tail to deform an area of the surgical construct and form a bulge that acts as a st...