US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, 3)SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Oct. 20 for "Surgical fixation assemblies and methods of use" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,874, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and 3)SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Surgical fixation assemblies and methods of use" was invented by Mark Edwin Housman (North Attleboro, Mass.), Benjamin M. Hall (Roslindale, Mass.), Jay A. Shah (Brighton, Mass.) and Ian K.Y. Lo (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical fixation assemblies include a screw-in anchor with a suture construct attached to and extending through an interior of the anchor. The suture construct has two finger trap splices to trap suture that has ...