US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Sept. 9 for "Healicoil knotless distal tip and plug transmission" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,910, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Healicoil knotless distal tip and plug transmission" was invented by Jon-Paul Rogers (North Smithfield, R.I.), Mark Edwin Housman (North Attleborough, Mass.), Richard Perry Rego Jr. (Mansfield, Mass.) and Peter James Cashmore (Durham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor assembly can include an anchor comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion having a tip, and a surface extending between the tip and the proximal portion and can include a...