US Patent Issued to INS Ortho on June 16 for "Self-cinching suture construct apparatus" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,528, issued on June 16, was assigned to INS Ortho Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Self-cinching suture construct apparatus" was invented by Christian N. Anderson (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture construct apparatus, including a self-cinching suture member having a first strand, a second strand, a sleeve defined on the second strand, and a self-cinching suture member fixed loop with a sheath positioned on the self-cinching suture member. The suture construct apparatus may further include an anchor disposed on the self-cinching suture member, a self-cinching suture member shuttling suture disposed on the self-cinchin...