US Patent Issued to KiriGenX on July 21 for "System, device and method for repairing a rotator cuff tear" (North Carolina, California, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,629, issued on July 21, was assigned to KiriGenX Inc. (Phoenix).

"System, device and method for repairing a rotator cuff tear" was invented by Theodore R. Kucklick (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Louis McIntyre (Winston Salem, N.C.) and Robert T. Burks (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device used to deploy a biological construct into the glenohumeral joint space for minimal disruption to repair a partial rotator cuff tear. The biological construct is positioned on the articular side of the tendon tear and introduced into the joint space so that the construct supports the tear without further tearing or damaging the ...