US Patent Issued to Biomet Manufacturing on Aug. 11 for "Handheld self-punching device" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,399, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Biomet Manufacturing LLC (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Handheld self-punching device" was invented by Jai Abhishekh Veezhinathan (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device can include a housing, an actuator, a power source, a converter, and a soft tissue anchor receiver. The actuator can extend from outside the housing to inside the housing, can be engageable by a user to implant the soft tissue anchor, and can be operable between an open position and a closed position. The power source can be removably inserted at least partially within the housing, can be configured to store energy, and can be ...