US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Oct. 27 for "Double barrel locking ferrules for performing tensionable knotless surgical procedures" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,201, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Double barrel locking ferrules for performing tensionable knotless surgical procedures" was invented by Andrew Christian Petry (Naples, Fla.), Peter J. Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Allen Holowecky (Naples, Fla.), Joshua Dines (New York), Philipp Moroder (Meilen, Switzerland) and Matthew Provencher (Edwards, Colo.).

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 ...