US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on July 29 for "Adjustable suture-button construct for ankle syndesmosis repair" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,903, issued on July 29, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Adjustable suture-button construct for ankle syndesmosis repair" was invented by Eric S. Zajac (Naples, Fla.), Ricardo Albertorio (Naples, Fla.) and Brandon L. Roller (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable, knotless button/loop construct for fixation of ankle syndesmosis tibio-fibular diastasis and an associated method of ankle repair using the same. The knotless construct comprises a pair of buttons attached to a flexible, continuous, self-cinching, adjustable loop integrated with two splices that are interconnected. The knotless construct is p...