ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,093, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to 4Tech Inc. (Clayton, Del.).
"Off-center tissue anchors" was invented by Michael Gilmore (Galway, Ireland), Paolo Denti (Opera, Italy), John Mullins (Galway, Ireland), Charlotte Murphy (Galway, Ireland), Kevin Lynn (Galway, Ireland), Andrea Guidotti (Zurich), Hugo Vanermen (Knocke-le-Zoute, Belgium) and Thomas Campbell (Mayo, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue anchor system is provided that includes a first tissue anchor, a second tissue anchor that is separate and distinct from the first tissue anchor, and one or more tethers, which are configured to couple the first tissue anchor ...