ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,226, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).
"System and method for securing tissue to bone" was invented by Malcolm Heaven (Reno, Nev.), John P. Greelis (Carlsbad, Calif.), Mikxay Sirivong (Escondido, Calif.) and Matthew T. Yurek (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A tissue anchoring device is described that comprises an anchor body and a spreader such that tissue may be captured or compressed between outside surfaces on the anchor and inside surfaces of a bone tunnel to secure the tissue within the tunnel...