US Patent Issued to INTEGRITY ORTHOPAEDICS on Feb. 24 for "Cartridge device for suture anchor and suture management during implantation of a micro suture anchor array" (Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,087, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INTEGRITY ORTHOPAEDICS INC. (Maple Plain, Minn.).

"Cartridge device for suture anchor and suture management during implantation of a micro suture anchor array" was invented by Zak Zenz-Olson (Ham Lake, Minn.), Nathaniel Van Tran (Lakeville, Minn.), Thomas A. Westling (Orono, Minn.), Marc Labbe (Spring, Texas), Howard W. Harris (Southlake, Texas) and David M. Crompton (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cartridges configured to hold anchors and associated locking sutures and a common suture used in an array of anchors. A suture anchor array is connected in series by a single working ...