US Patent Issued to Integrity Orthopaedics on Feb. 4 for "Delivery device for implanting knotless micro-suture anchors and anchor arrays for attachment of soft tissue to bone" (Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,870, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Integrity Orthopaedics Inc. (Maple Plain, Minn.).

"Delivery device for implanting knotless micro-suture anchors and anchor arrays for 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.) and Howard W. Harris (Southlake, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device for transtendinous implantation of a toggle-type suture anchor into bone is disclosed. The device includes a proximal housing having an outer tubular shaft extending distally with a lumen therethrough. An anchor delivery tu...