US Patent Issued to Arthrex on April 8 for "Self-locking suture constructs and methods of tissue fixation" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,591, issued on April 8, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Self-locking suture constructs and methods of tissue fixation" was invented by Jereme J. Lund (Ingleside, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Knotless self-locking constructs and methods of tissue repairs. A flexible coupler creates a plurality of closed, knotless, continuous, adjustable, flexible loops having adjustable perimeters, the loops being located between a loop interconnection and two terminal ends. A weave region having an accordion configuration and a plurality of locking points is provided between each terminal end and each closed, knotless, continuous...