ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,348, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ArthroCare Corp. (Austin, Texas).
"Tissue repair assembly" was invented by Treg Brown (Carbondale, Ill.), Nathaniel Cohen (Los Gatos, Calif.), Robert Fernandez (Campbell, Calif.), Richard D'Elia (San Mateo, Calif.), Christopher D'Elia (San Mateo, Calif.), Annette Branger (San Carlos, Calif.), Steve Golden (Menlo Park, Calif.), Marnette Atkinson (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Stewart Kume (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone or tissue to tissue having a soft anchoring implant 100 with a length of suture 120 there through for tensi...