ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,204, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Flexible implant with adjustable coils" was invented by Mehmet Ziya Sengun (Canton, Mass.) and Jacob A. Marks (Mansfield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for securing a graft with respect to bone are provided. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical implant includes a flexible filament body and a suture filament or repair construct that extends through the filament body at multiple locations. The repair construct is formed into one or more coils, which can receive a graft. The flexible filament body can be configured to be...