ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,208, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to THERAMICRO INC. (Cordova, Tenn.).
"Implant for reinforcement of soft tissues" was invented by Rebecca H. Wahl (Cordova, Tenn.) and Alan G. Taylor (Cordova, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant and instrument system includes a woven implant supplied with anchors and instruments to implant it. The knotless anchor design is an interference screw-style anchor body with a rotatable eyelet offered in various sizes with a single-use instruments in sterile-packed kits. The kits are intended to facilitate repairing soft tissue, such as damaged ligaments and tendons in, for example, the foot a...