ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,360, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Filamentary fixation device" was invented by Jose Raul Marchand (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Ryan E. Yearsley (Denver) and Kyle Craig Pilgeram (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment of the present invention, a fixation device including a sleeve member including an interior and an exterior surface along a length defined between a first end and a second end, and at least two openings positioned along the length and extending from the interior and through the exterior surface; and a filament including a first free end and a second ...