ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,153, issued on July 14, was assigned to ConMed Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).
"All-suture anchor" was invented by Adrian Bosworth (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor includes a flat fibrous construct having an open elongated column; and a filament having a first filament end and a second filament end, which passes through and is positioned at least partially in the open elongated column. The flat fibrous construct includes a first state in which the flat fibrous construct is uncompressed and extends along the longitudinal axis of the filament when in an unfolded and pre-deployed condition; and a second state in which the ...