ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,007, issued on July 1, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Knotless tissue repair" was invented by Samuel Bachmaier (Mauern, Germany), Jeremy B. Stephens (Naples, Fla.), John P. Gualdoni (Naples, Fla.), Jacob A. Jolly (Naples, Fla.), Justin M. Boyle (Naples, Fla.) and Andrew K. Osika (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical constructs and methods for closing a tear in soft tissue without knot tying and without the use of fixation devices are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 30, 2019, under Application No. 17/271,506.

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