ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,868, issued on May 13, was assigned to Endoron Medical Ltd. (Kfar Saba, Israel).
"Graft securing system, applicator and method" was invented by Ron Karmeli (Haifa, Israel) and Eyal Teichman (Hod HaSharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graft securing system including at least one expandable frame moveable from a collapsed state to an expanded state, and at least one anchor coupled to the frame via an elastic support strut, said anchor including: an anchor base, at least one deflectable prong protruding from said anchor base and having at least one penetration tip and at least one restraining sleeve at least partially slideab...