ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,989, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Compression system configured to embed graft into surgical implant and corresponding method" was invented by Shaun LeBlanc (Naples, Fla.), Thomas Dooney Jr. (Naples, Fla.) and Paul C. Brady (Knocksville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure details compression systems and corresponding methods. An example system may include a first press component defining a cavity configured to receive a graft and a surgical implant. In the example, the first press component includes at least one slot configured to facilitate routing of suture in and out of the cav...