US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on March 17 for "Threaded anchor advancer" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,828, issued on March 17, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Threaded anchor advancer" was invented by John Prudden (Manchester, Mass.) and Nehal N. Patel (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical anchor delivery device includes a shaft, a plurality of anchors disposed within the shaft, and a threaded rod disposed within the shaft and threadably engaged with the anchors. Rotation of the threaded rod advances the anchors toward the distal end of the shaft without rotating the anchors relative to the shaft. The delivery d...