US Patent Issued to ROTATION MEDICAL on Feb. 3 for "Methods and apparatus for fixing sheet-like materials to a target tissue" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,116, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ROTATION MEDICAL INC..

"Methods and apparatus for fixing sheet-like materials to a target tissue" was invented by Charles L. Euteneuer (St. Michael, Minn.), Rebecca McCarville (Spring Park, Minn.), Duane Frion (Brooklyn Center, Minn.), Nathaniel Zenz-Olson (Blaine, Minn.) and Diane M. Feehan (Corcoran, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple for attaching a sheet-like implant to tissue or bone may include first and second arms, and first and second flukes. In some embodiments, the first arm has a proximal end and a distal end, and the second arm has a proximal end and a distal end. A bridge...