ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,298, issued on July 15, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Surgical fixation systems and methods" was invented by Samuel Bachmaier (Mauern, Germany), Coen Wijdicks (Munich), Stefan Krupp (Munich), Adrian Wilson (Basingstoke, Great Britain), Patrick Smith (Columbia, Mo.) and Jacob Jolly (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical fixation system can include a fixation device, a loop connected to the fixation device, a graft carried by the loop, and a reinforcement material. Surgical fixation systems can be used in various tissue reconstruction procedures, including but not limited to, ACL and PCL reconstructions...