US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Nov. 3 for "Dual chamber locking ferrules designs for performing tensionable knotless surgical procedures" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,572, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Dual chamber locking ferrules designs for performing tensionable knotless surgical procedures" was invented by Andrew Christian Petry (Naples, Fla.), Peter J. Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Joshua Dines (New York), Philipp Moroder (Meilen, Switzerland) and Erik Kubiak (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for performing tensionable knotless surgical procedures. A suture locking device that includes a one-way locking mechanism may be utilized for tensioning and locking one or more strands of suture during the surgical procedure. The one-...