ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,122, issued on May 20, was assigned to Biomet Sports Medicine LLC (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Adjustable knotless loops" was invented by Ryan A. Kaiser (Leesburg, Ind.), Gregory J. Denham (Warsaw, Ind.) and Kevin T. Stone (Winona Lake, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of attaching a soft tissue to an adjacent bone at a defect site are provided. An adjustable loop region of a flexible construct contained in a bore defined by a fastener is passed through a tissue. The adjustable loop is passed through the tissue. The fastener is passed back through the adjustable loop to fold the adjustable loop upon itself. The fastener is attached to...