ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,749, issued on March 24, was assigned to Vivex Biologics Group Inc. (Atlanta).
"Meniscus tear repair sling device" was invented by Timothy Ganey (Tampa, Fla.) and Paul Saluan (Westlake, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meniscus tear repair sling device has a collagen membrane having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is configured to pass under a tear in a meniscus and wrap over and above the tear and extend past the meniscus and overlay the second end portion thereby enveloping a portion of the meniscus with a tear and forming the sling device. The first end portion and the second end portion f...