US Patent Issued to Arthrex on Nov. 18 for "Slack reducing suture anchor assembly and method of tissue repair" (Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,907, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Slack reducing suture anchor assembly and method of tissue repair" was invented by Stephen S. Burkhart (Boerne, Texas), Derek C. Sullivan (Naples, Fla.) and Andrew C. Petry (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical anchor assemblies and method of tissue repair using the same. The surgical anchor assemblies have a cannulated fixation device, an implant configured to be coupled to the fixation device, and a stop mechanism for preventing relative movement between the fixation device and the implant, such that the fixation device and the implant are configu...