US Patent Issued to Arthrex on Jan. 13 for "Surgical constructs for tissue fixation and methods of tissue repairs" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,106, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Surgical constructs for tissue fixation and methods of tissue repairs" was invented by John W. Schmieding (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical constructs, assemblies and methods of tissue fixation are disclosed. A surgical construct includes a spreadable web attached to a plurality of peripheral strands. The spreadable web is tensionable and includes one or more elastic filaments or elastic strands. At least one of the elastic filaments is coupled to the peripheral strands. The elastic filaments can extend from the peripheral strands in different d...