US Patent Issued to Riverpoint Medical on April 7 for "Graft trussing and suspension construct" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,157, issued on April 7, was assigned to Riverpoint Medical LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Graft trussing and suspension construct" was invented by Aaron Sundholm (Portland, Ore.) and Edwin Anderson (Ridgefield, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quadricep graft suspension construct, having a button loop, including a generally rectangular button, defining four apertures, including an innermost pair of apertures; and a suture loop looping through the innermost pair of apertures. The construct also has a graft holding assembly, including a reinforcement of first fibers braided with two second fibers, and wherein the first fibers have a firs...