US Patent Issued to CATALYST ORTHOSCIENCE on May 20 for "Tendon repair system" (Connecticut, New York, Florida, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,378, issued on May 20, was assigned to CATALYST ORTHOSCIENCE INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Tendon repair system" was invented by Theodore Blaine (Old Greenwich, Conn.), Lee Kaback (Delmar, N.Y.), Paul Sethi (Riverside, Conn.), Ephraim Akyuz (Salt Lake City) and Dale Davison (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for coupling a tendon to a bone may include a tendon coupling device engageable with a tendon, a fastener to secure the tendon coupling device to the tendon, a bone coupling device, and a flexible element. The flexible element may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the flexible element m...