US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 16 for "Fixation member with separate eyelet and methods of use thereof" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,663, issued on June 16, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

"Fixation member with separate eyelet and methods of use thereof" was invented by Kyle Craig Pilgeram (San Jose, Calif.) and Mark Larson (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an implant system for securing tissue to bone, including a first fixation member releasably engaged to a first inserter, the first fixation member having a throughbore adapted to accept a filament therethrough and a cannulation extending from a proximal end of the first fixation member to a distal end of the first fixation member, the...