US Patent Issued on March 18 for "Achilles tendon repair systems and methods" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,094, issued on March 18.

"Achilles tendon repair systems and methods" was invented by Jonathan T. Deland (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for surgical repair of an Achilles tendon may include positioning an instrument proximate the Achilles tendon. The instrument may include a handle and a plurality of tendon guides. The method may also include maneuvering the instrument such that the plurality of tendon guides is positioned anteriorly, posteriorly, laterally, and medially of the Achilles tendon, actuating the plurality of tendon guides to retain the Achilles tendon between the plurality of tendon guides, and using ...