US Patent Issued to Wright Medical Technology on Oct. 20 for "Knotless syndesmosis system" (Tennessee, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,920, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Wright Medical Technology Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Knotless syndesmosis system" was invented by George Matthew Awtrey (Bartlett, Tenn.), Jon Pope Moseley (Arlington, Tenn.) and Samuel W. Apicelli (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone anchor includes a flexible strand defining a first adjustable loop and a friction knot coupled to a proximal end of the first adjustable loop. The friction knot is configured to allow adjustment of the first adjustable loop in a first configuration and is configured to prevent adjustment of the first adjustable loop in a second configuration. A knot ...