US Patent Issued to Linvatec on April 22 for "Method and apparatus for securing an object to bone, including the provision and use of a novel suture assembly for securing an object to bone" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,762, issued on April 22, was assigned to Linvatec Corp. (Largo, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for securing an object to bone, including the provision and use of a novel suture assembly for securing an object to bone" was invented by Dennis McDevitt (Semora, N.C.) and Vincent Novak (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture assembly including a first suture having a generally O-shaped configuration having a first arm, a second arm, a first bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm, and a second bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm. The first bridge opposes the second bridge so that the first suture inclu...