US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Nov. 3 for "Method of soft anchor knotless repair" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,571, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Method of soft anchor knotless repair" was invented by Nehal Navinbhai Patel (Boston), Jon-Paul Rogers (North Smithfield, R.I.) and Mark E. Housman (North Attleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of tissue repair with a knotless tissue repair construct system is disclosed. System may include multiple anchor constructs that are soft anchor constructs. The multiple anchor constructs may include at least one knotless construct and may be inser...