ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,565, issued on May 13, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).
"All-suture anchor and deployment assembly" was invented by Thomas Kehoe (Tarpon Springs, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-suture anchor for attaching soft tissue to bone while creating an interference fit within a bone hole, and a deployment device for the all-suture anchor. The all-suture anchor includes an anchor body having first and second ends. The second end is folded toward the first end, creating a looped distal end of the anchor body, while the first and second ends of the anchor body form a proximal end. The anchor body is composed of a first mate...