ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,843, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Tissue augmentation tacks for use with soft tissue fixation repair systems and methods" was invented by Mehmet Ziya Sengun (Canton, Mass.), Benjamin Cleveland (Milford, Mass.), Reagan A. Theis (Marshfield, Mass.) and Gerome O. Miller (Randolph, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods to improve both the reliability of soft tissue repair procedures and the speed at which the procedures are completed are provided. The devices and systems include one or more tissue augmentation constructs, which include constructs that are...