ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,513, issued on March 24, was assigned to INOVEDIS GmbH (Albstadt, Germany).
"Tool kit for the implantation of a tendon fixation implant" was invented by Lukas Floss (Inneringen, Germany) and Stefan Welte (Albstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool kit for minimally invasive implantation of a tendon fixation implant in the field of arthroscopic human medicine is provided. The tendon fixation implant includes a medial anchor, a lateral anchor, and a base plate. The tool kit includes a medial anchor inserter having a medial anchor drive mandrel and a medial anchor release tube. The medial anchor release tube is designed to...