US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW on Sept. 8 for "Tissue repair device" (Massachusetts, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,873, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Tissue repair device" was invented by Bernard J. Bourque (Taunton, Mass.), William R. Davis (Hingham, Mass.) and Scott Freedman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a tissue repair device. The device includes a handle, a knob coupled to the handle, and a needle coupled to the handle. The needle includes a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end including a slot, wherein a first anchor is housed within the distal end and a second anchor is housed within the slot and located proximal to the first anchor. An actuator...