ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,519, issued on June 2, was assigned to NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd. (Sydney).
"Tissue engagement device and method" was invented by Matthew Pelletier (Sydney) and William Walsh (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a soft tissue engagement device. The soft tissue engagement device includes a substantially rigid elongate body extending from a first end to a second end. The elongate body is configured to be inserted at least partially within the soft tissue, transverse to a load-bearing direction of the tissue. The elongate body is further configured to engage sutures attached to underlying suture-anchors secured to a bon...