US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Jan. 13 for "Tissue repair assembly and system with soft anchoring implant" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,108, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Tissue repair assembly and system with soft anchoring implant" was invented by David Gregoire (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Vincent Tangherlini (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Ian Lo (Calgary, Canada), Christopher Rodriguez (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Tri Nguyen (Garden Grove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tissue repair systems which use knotless all-suture anchors and have the ability to lock multiple repair sutures within the anchor construct. The anchor construct includes a tension suture wrapped or looped upon itself to create an open eyelet, through...