US Patent Issued to Biomet Manufacturing on Nov. 18 for "Repair device for deploying anchors into tissue" (Indiana, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,905, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Biomet Manufacturing LLC (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Repair device for deploying anchors into tissue" was invented by Christopher M. Palese (Warsaw, Ind.), Daniel R. Norton (Warsaw, Ind.) and Nathan A. Winslow (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a tissue repair device that can include any one or combination of features including an end effector and an actuator. A deformable first anchor and a deformable second anchor can be captured by the end effector. The actuator can selectively engage the first anchor and the second anchor in a series. The actuator can ...