US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on July 8 for "Circular suture constructs and methods for use" (Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,896, issued on July 8, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Circular suture constructs and methods for use" was invented by Joshua Best (Naples, Fla.), Tyler Esposito (Fort Myers, Fla.), Colin Baker (Naples, Fla.) and Arley Perez III (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture construct includes, inter alia, a sheath and a flexible strand threaded through the sheath to configure the sheath in a circular or oblong shape. The suture construct may be utilized in various tissue reconstruction procedures. The suture construct can be connected to a second suture construct to form a surgical assembly."

The patent was ...