ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,395, issued on March 24, was assigned to Biomet Sports Medicine LLC (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Method and apparatus for forming a self-locking adjustable loop" was invented by Gregory J. Denham (Warsaw, Ind.), Kevin T. Stone (Winona Lake, Ind.) and Zachary Wagner (Noblesville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can include a first flexible member having first and second ends and a first body extending therebetween, where the first body defines a first passage portion. A second flexible member can have first and second ends and a second body extending therebetween, where the second body defines second and third passage portions. ...