US Patent Issued to ROTATION MEDICAL on Sept. 9 for "Tendon repair implant and method of arthroscopic implantation" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,027, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ROTATION MEDICAL INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Tendon repair implant and method of arthroscopic implantation" was invented by Craig Van Kampen (Oakdale, Minn.), Nathaniel Zenz-Olson (Blaine, Minn.), Thomas A. Westling (Orono, Minn.) and Charles L. Euteneuer (St. Michael, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tendon repair implant for treatment of a partial thickness tear in the supraspinatus tendon of the shoulder is provided. The implant may incorporate features of rapid deployment and fixation by an arthroscopic means approach that compliment current procedures; tensile properties that result in ...