ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,563, issued on May 13.
"Button for anchoring of multiple sutures" was invented by Giovanni Francesco Solitro (Shreveport, La.) and Patrick Massey (Shreveport, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture anchor comprising a footing with a base defining a first, a second, a third, and a fourth base suture passage, a first and a second primary suture passage aligned with a primary level and fluidly connected to the first and second base suture passage for a first suture, a suture channel aligned with a secondary level spaced further from the base than the primary level, and fluidly connected to the third and fourth base suture passages ...