US Patent Issued to Arthrex on Oct. 7 for "Tensionable interconnected anchors with double punch inserter" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,581, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Tensionable interconnected anchors with double punch inserter" was invented by Eric Zajac (Naples, Fla.), Andy Petry (Naples, Fla.) and Derek Sullivan (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool assembly includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, a first prong distal to and fixed relative to the shaft, and a second prong distal to and fixed relative to the shaft. A first anchor is disposed on the first prong, and a second anchor is disposed on the second prong. A first suture interconnects the first anchor and the second anchor."

The pate...