US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Aug. 11 for "Tissue repair devices and methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,400, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Smith & Nephew. Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Tissue repair devices and methods of use" was invented by Matthew D. Cunningham (Mansfield, Mass.), Geoffrey I. Karasic (Mansfield, Mass.), Miles Malone (Mansfield, Mass.), John A. Slusarz Jr. (Mansfield, Mass.), Han Teik Yeoh (Mansfield, Mass.) and Paul Alexander Torrie (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tissue repair devices described herein allow for meniscal root repair with sutures and anchors delivered by a needle. The needle houses t...