US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on July 14 for "System and method for harvesting a tendon" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,187, issued on July 14, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"System and method for harvesting a tendon" was invented by Paul McGovern (Hanson, Mass.), Ali Hosseini (Quincy, Mass.), Chun Liu (Brookline, Mass.), Rick Fu (Randolph, Mass.), Christopher D. MacCready (Medfield, Mass.), Geoffrey I. Karasic (Raynham, Mass.), Carrie D. Burgess (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Belin Mirabile (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for harvesting a tendon graft is disclosed, including a retractor, a guide and a ...