ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,000, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Ligament fixation device and method" was invented by Timothy R. Hoover (Naples, Fla.), Kenneth T. Helenbolt (Naples, Fla.), Peter S. Borden (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) and Yasuyuki Ishibashi (Aomori-kan, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing fixation of soft tissue (for example, ligament) to bone by employing a novel multi-piece device. The novel multi-piece device is a ligament fixation system consisting of a larger collar that is initially impacted into a bone aperture, and a smaller plug/bullet-shaped part that is impacted int...