ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,977, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Biomet Manufacturing LLC (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Suture construct" was invented by Hoang Nguyen (Litchfield Park, Ariz.) and Nathan A. Winslow (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a suture for a surgical procedure that can include a body. The body can comprise an elongate strand. The body can have an aperture therethrough at a first portion of the elongate strand. A second portion of the elongate strand adjacent the first portion can be passed through the first aperture to create a feature along an exterior surface of the body."
The patent was filed on March 16, 2022, u...