US Patent Issued to Xiros on Sept. 15 for "Fixation device, implant and implant assembly for use in tissue repair" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,920, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Xiros Ltd. (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Fixation device, implant and implant assembly for use in tissue repair" was invented by Liam David Smith (Leeds, Great Britain), Corey James Robinson (Leeds, Great Britain), Martin James Bennett Stanley (Leeds, Great Britain) and Bahaa Botros Seedhom (Harrogate, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant assembly for use in tissue repairs includes a fixation device and a flexible elongate implant. The fixation device has a body with a first surface adapted to face towards a bone and a second surface adapted to face away from the bone. Apertures...