ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,514, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ketonis Innovations LLC (Webster, N.Y.).
"Tendon repair implant and surgical instruments for tendon repair" was invented by Constantinos Ketonis (Webster, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tendon repair implant and related surgical instruments are disclosed. The tendon repair implant has an elongated substrate with a convex side and a concave side with a plurality of spikes protruding from the concave side at an angle that optimally retains a. tendon to the bone that the tendon repair implant is subsequently attached to. A surgical retainer for the tendon repair implant is also provided t...