ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,462, issued on May 5, was assigned to Biomet Sports Medicine LLC (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Soft tissue repair device and method" was invented by Kevin T. Stone (Winona Lake, Ind.), Nathan M. Sautter (North Manchester, Ind.), Brian K. Berelsman (Warsaw, Ind.), Jeffery D. Arnett (Gilbert, Ariz.), Joshua A. Butters (Chandler, Ariz.), Dylan M. Hushka (Chandler, Ariz.) and Nicholas R. Slater (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft tissue repair device can include a housing having a handle, a deployment system having an actuation member, and an insertion system having an inserter and a slider. The slider can be coupled to the actuation...