ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,902, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Responsive Arthroscopy Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Wedge push-in suture anchor" was invented by Brian Bowman (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jonathon Gold (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Jacob Hustedt (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and anchor devices for repairing soft tissue with a suture are provided. An anchor device comprises an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a first lumen extending from the proximal end, the first lumen having at least one face which is sloped relative to the central axis of the elongate body such that the cross-sectional area of the first lumen decrea...