US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Oct. 28 for "Knotless soft anchor system" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,546, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Knotless soft anchor system" was invented by Mark E. Housman (North Attleboro, Mass.), Marc J. Balboa (Hopkinton, Mass.), Benjamin M. Hall (Roslindale, Mass.), Jay A. Shah (Brighton, Mass.), Jon-Paul Rogers (North Smithfield, R.I.) and Nehal N. Patel (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knotless tissue repair construct is disclosed herein. The construct includes a soft anchor body, with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending...