ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,574, issued on May 27, was assigned to AEVUMED INC. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Knotless suture anchor with re-tension features" was invented by Saif Khalil (Malvern, Pa.) and Miles Curtis (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides knotless suture anchor systems and devices for attaching soft tissue to bone. The systems and devices include suture anchors configured to engage and fasten sutures using set screws such that the locked sutures are free from frictional engagement with bone, screw threading, or internal walls of the anchors and set screws. Fastened sutures may also be re-tensioned by loosening a set sc...