US Patent Issued to Medos International on Sept. 1 for "Devices and methods for tissue repair" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,617, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Devices and methods for tissue repair" was invented by Stephen J. Orphanos (Bridgewater, Mass.), Brian Otrando (Cumberland, R.I.) and Kirsten H. Aarsvold (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue repair construct having first and second implants coupled via a flexible element is provided. The flexible element forms an adjustable loop closed with a sliding knot, and has first and second free ends extending from the knot formed by wrapping the second end around the first end. The second implant can have a changeable configuration. Th...