US Patent Issued to Smith & Nehew on June 2 for "Graft suspension device" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,518, issued on June 2, was assigned to Smith & Nehew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Graft suspension device" was invented by Christopher Michael Rodriguez (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Norman Gordon (Irvine, Calif.), Tri Nguyen (Garden Grove, Calif.) and Stephen Santangelo (Sturbridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graft suspension device for suspending a ligament in a bone hole having a first loop and a second loop suspending from an 8-hole anchor, and a cradle at the opposite end of the loops to the anchor. The loose ends of the suture are routed through holes in the anchor separate from the loops and are joined together to form a single ...