ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,719, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to EndoFix Medical Technologies Inc. (Plainville, Mass.).
"Soft tissue fixation system" was invented by Rickey Hart (Wrentham, Mass.) and Peter Rogal (Rochester, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single delivery needle configuration accommodates multiple soft tissue fixation devices at once. The configuration eliminates the need to reload a fixation delivery device when multiple fixation devices are required. Further, this configuration can include different variations of fixation devices. In embodiments, these fixation devices are typically manufactured from standard braided polyester suture t...