US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on July 15 for "Systems and methods for preparing reinforced graft constructs" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,447, issued on July 15, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for preparing reinforced graft constructs" was invented by David B. Spenciner (North Attleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for preparing a tissue repair construct for a ligament reconstruction procedure using a reinforced whip-stitching are provided. The described techniques include passing a needle having suture tails attached thereto through a first surface of a graft at an origin point so that a portion of the suture tails exits on a second, opposite surface of the graft while a terminal leng...