US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Oct. 20 for "Tendon harvesting system" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,892, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Tendon harvesting system" was invented by Dean Jones (Liberty Hill, Texas) and Paul Alexander Torrie (Marblehead, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for improving graft harvesting includes a tendon harvesting instrument for producing a graft from a tendon. The instrument includes a handle, a shaft and a blade portion operatively coupled to the shaft. The blade portion defines a cutting edge that at least partially corresponds to the shape of ...