ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,427, issued on June 17, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate" was invented by James R. Dunlop (Cape Coral, Fla.), Gregory Joshua Karnes (Naples, Fla.), Brandon L. Roller (Naples, Fla.), Antonio Pozzi (Gainsville, Fla.) and James L. Cook (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A TPLO plate configured to accommodate flexible strands (flexible loops) attached to tissue to be attached to bone. The TPLO plate has one or more suture eyelets, to allow the user (surgeon) to pass a flexible strand through the eyelets and attach/reattach the tissue to the plate at the anatomical location, ...