ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,112, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Screw-in knotless suture anchor" was invented by Stefan Gabriel (Mattapoisett, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various exemplary devices, systems, and methods for knotless suture anchor fixation are provided. In general, a suture anchor system is configured for knotless suture anchor insertion in a soft tissue repair surgical procedure. The inserter tool is configured to insert an anchor and an implant into a bone of a patient to secure a soft tissue relative to the bone. A suture is releasably coupled to a distal eyelet of the inserter tool...