US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on April 15 for "Soft anchors with soft eyelets" (Florida, Alabama, Colorado, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,433, issued on April 15, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Soft anchors with soft eyelets" was invented by Peter J. Dreyfuss (Naples, Fla.), Thomas Dooney Jr. (Naples, Fla.), E. Lyle Cain Jr. (Birmingham, Ala.), Jeffrey R. Dugas (Vestavia Hills, Ala.), Kyle Anderson (Birmingham, Mich.) and Peter J. Millett (Vail, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Soft anchor constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The soft anchors may be knotted or knotless constructs. The soft anchors include a body formed of various soft materials (including, but not limited to, suture) and provided in various shapes and configurations...