ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,338, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Surgical fixation systems and associated methods" was invented by Samuel Bachmaier (Mauern, Germany), Jake Jolly (Naples, Fla.), Tara Swanlaw (Estero, Fla.), Colin Baker (Naples, Fla.) and Tyler Esposito (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to surgical fixation systems and methods. The surgical fixation systems of this disclosure may include various combinations of fixation devices, soft suture constructs, and/or adjustable loops and are configured for use in various knotless surgical methods, including but not limited to, syndesmo...