ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,579, issued on May 27, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).
"Device for suture tensioning and methods thereof" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for suture management and tensioning is disclosed. The device for suture tensioning may include a housing having multiple suture channels, a cleat array, several indicator biasing elements, and an actuator movable between an unlocked position, a tensioned position, and a locked position. The cleat array in the device for suture tensioning may also include at least one first cleat movable relative to the housing and colinear w...