US Patent Issued to INS Ortho on May 13 for "Multiple pass self-cinching suture construct" (Rhode Island, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,569, issued on May 13, was assigned to INS Ortho Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Multiple pass self-cinching suture construct" was invented by Christian N. Anderson (Nashville, Tenn.) and Samuel Grossman (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple pass self-cinching suture construct includes a strand of suture material. A fixed loop is formed at one end, and an adjustable loop is formed at the opposite end. A self-cinching section is disposed between the fixed loop and the adjustable loop. The self-cinching section includes a first pass of a tag end axially through the interior of the self-cinching section to form the fixed...