ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,352, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).
"Suture tensioner and methods of tensioning" was invented by Thomas Dooney Jr. (Naples, Fla.) and Jason A. Valentin (Fort Myers, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tensioner and methods for surgical repairs. A tensioning adapter can be removably attached to, and detached from, a handle and/or elongated shaft of a surgical instrument to allow a flexible strand (suture or wire) attached to tissue (for example, soft tissue, graft or bone segments) to be secured to it and tensioned. A tensioning adapter can include a securing mechanism that can capture a fle...