ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,738, issued on Oct. 7.
"Tendon surgery nail knot systems and methods" was invented by Drew Miller (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary systems and methods encompass suture knot tools and suture knot tools pre-loaded with sutures for use in tendon repair and other surgical procedures. Related methods may include forming a nail knot between a suture and a tissue of a patient during a surgical procedure by drawing tissue into a port sleeve of an arthroscopic system, moving the port sleeve relative to a free end portion of the tissue and a nail knot cinch of a suture, to allow the nail knot cinch of the suture to contact the ...