ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,301, issued on March 18, was assigned to International Life Sciences LLC (Marietta, Ga.).

"Eyelet interference screw and methods of use" was invented by Aaron Smith (Marietta, Ga.), Chase Thornburg (Cumming, Ga.) and Jantzen Cole (Woodstock, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems, methods and apparatuses for an eyelet interference screw and affixation of an implant to tissue employing the eyelet interference screw."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/571,051.

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