ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,111, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Surgical constructs and methods for securing tissue" was invented by Mehmet Ziya Sengun (Canton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suture constructs and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone. One exemplary embodiment of a construct includes a first limb, a second limb, a coaxial region, and a collapsible snare defined by the first and second limbs. The coaxial region can be formed by a portion of the second limb being disposed in a volume of the first limb, which allows for a low profile construct that is useful in various soft...