US Patent Issued to Ceterix Orthopaedics on Feb. 4 for "Pre-tied surgical knots for use with suture passers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,664, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Ceterix Orthopaedics Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Pre-tied surgical knots for use with suture passers" was invented by Mark Y. Hirotsuka (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Murillo (Menlo Park, Calif.), Yoav Ben-Haim (San Francisco), Justin D. Saliman (Los Angeles), Christopher P. Bender (Oakland, Calif.), Michael J. Hendricksen (Redwood City, Calif.), Victoria C. Quitugua (Palo Alto, Calif.), Sarah-Marie Chan (Menlo Park, Calif.), Jennifer B. Fasman (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Stephen J. Peter (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sutures with pre-tied knots for use in percutaneous surgical procedures ...