US Patent Issued to Medos International on Nov. 4 for "Suture having adaptable surface characteristics, and related systems and methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,344, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Suture having adaptable surface characteristics, and related systems and methods" was invented by David B. Spenciner (North Attleboro, Mass.), Dennis Connelly (Arlington, Mass.) and Gregory R. Whittaker (Stoneham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture construct that is elongate along a longitudinal direction and configured to change in size from a first configuration to a second configuration includes an outer layer of material that extends along the longitudinal direction and has a plurality of intertwined fibers that comprise a first su...