US Patent Issued to NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY on Dec. 9 for "Hollow two-section implantation knotless suture anchor" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,971, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Hollow two-section implantation knotless suture anchor" was invented by Wei-Ren Su (Tainan, Taiwan) and Jiu-Zhi Yan (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a hollow two-section implantation knotless suture anchor which comprises a main body, a tightening element and a taper. The main body comprises a front part, a rear part, a middle part, a first penetration part, a first accommodation space, a first thread, a tapered structure, and a perforation. The tightening element comprises a second penetration part ...