US Patent Issued to Simparo on June 23 for "Suture-locking washer for use with a bone anchor, and method for supporting the thumb of a patient after basal joint arthroplasty, and other novel orthopedic apparatus and other novel orthopedic procedures" (North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,103, issued on June 23, was assigned to Simparo Inc. (Norristown, Pa.).

"Suture-locking washer for use with a bone anchor, and method for supporting the thumb of a patient after basal joint arthroplasty, and other novel orthopedic apparatus and other novel orthopedic procedures" was invented by Sidney Fleischman (Durham, N.C.), James Whayne (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Izi Bruker (Newton, Mass.), Jeanne L. DelSignore (Rushville, N.Y.), Kevin L. Ohashi (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and James Christopher Harber (Shorewood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides surgical methods, devices, apparatus, and systems for supporting the ...