ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,903, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).
"Mechanical deployment device for hip all-suture anchor" was invented by Benjamin Willard (Clearwater, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployment device for an all suture anchor having a braided anchor and a suture filament extending through the braided anchor. A fork extends longitudinally through the body of the device and is moveable between an extended position and a withdrawn position to position and then release the braided anchor. A ratchet wheel drives a spool coupled to the ratchet wheel by a frangible link to wind up the suture filament to deploy the ...