US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on March 25 for "Suture for connecting a human or animal tissue, soft anchor and method for attaching a tissue to a bone" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,919, issued on March 25, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Suture for connecting a human or animal tissue, soft anchor and method for attaching a tissue to a bone" was invented by Clinton Andrew Beck (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a suture for connecting a human or animal tissue comprising a suture strand, wherein at least two protrusions are provided on the suture strand, the protrusions are provided spaced apart from each other along the suture strand. Also described herein is a soft anchor, the soft anchor having a proximal end and a distal end in an insertion directi...