US Patent Issued to Riverpoint Medical on Nov. 11 for "Breakaway suture fixation construct and methods" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,354, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Riverpoint Medical LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Breakaway suture fixation construct and methods" was invented by Elliot Bixby (Milwaukie, Ore.) and Nathan Cook (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments disclosed herein are breakaway suture constructs containing releasable locking connections and/or methods of assembly that allow a plurality of sutures, and/or suture ends to be attached or connected together along a portion of their length to form a spliced region that unifies the sutures or suture ends and prevent movement of a suture end relative to other suture end. The releasa...