US Patent Issued to Integrity Orthopaedics on Sept. 23 for "Knotless micro suture anchor array for high density anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone" (Texas, North Carolina, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,629, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Integrity Orthopaedics Inc. (Maple Plain, Minn.).

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