ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,258, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to JMEA Corp. (North Potomac, Md.).
"Methods and apparatus for implanting prostheses" was invented by James A Sack (Elverson, Pa.) and Jack Y. Yeh (North Potomac, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployment device for a tissue repair system includes a front delivery assembly that is detachable from a base assembly of the deployment device. The front delivery assembly includes at least one prosthesis and at least one driven assembly that actuates the at least one prosthesis. The base assembly includes a driving assembly that may engage the at least one driven assembly of the at least one prosth...