US Patent Issued to Integrity Orthopaedics on Feb. 18 for "Individually lockable cinch loop micro suture anchor array for high density anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone" (Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,307, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Integrity Orthopaedics Inc. (Maple Plain, Minn.).

"Individually lockable cinch loop micro suture anchor array for high density anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone" was invented by Zak Zenz-Olson (Ham Lake, Minn.), Nathaniel Van Tran (Lakeville, Minn.), Thomas A. Westling (Orono, Minn.), Patrick M. Connor (Charlotte, N.C.), Howard W. Harris (Southlake, Texas), Marc Labbe (Spring, Texas) and David M. Crompton (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of toggle type suture anchors is disclosed. The plurality of suture anchors is connected in series by a plurality of indepen...