US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Sept. 2 for "System and method for providing a bone cerclage" (Oregon, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,926, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"System and method for providing a bone cerclage" was invented by Patrick Joel Denard (Jacksonville, Ore.), Peter Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Steven William Rolenc (Naples, Fla.) and Andrew Christian Petry (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a suture passer including a shaft. The shaft includes a passageway and a slot leading to the passageway. The slot has a variable width along a length of the passageway. A method is also disclosed....