US Patent Issued to The Children's Medical Center on April 14 for "System and methods for connective tissue repair using scaffolds" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,700, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Children's Medical Center Corp. (Boston).

"System and methods for connective tissue repair using scaffolds" was invented by Martha M. Murray (Sherborn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for repair of a torn or ruptured ligament using a scaffold device are provided. Aspects of the present disclosure include method of placement and fixation of sutures using a fixation device. In aspects of the present disclosure, the method includes notchplasty and delayed rehabilitation."

The patent was filed on Feb. 2, 2020, under Application No. 16/779,640.

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