ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,840, issued on May 27, was assigned to Xiros Ltd. (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Implant assembly and associated methods of manufacturing" was invented by Bahaa Botros Seedhom (Leeds, Great Britain), Corey James Robinson (Leeds, Great Britain) and Michal Piotrowski (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant assembly for use in tissue repair having an adjustable length and comprising: a fixation device comprising a bone facing surface, an outer surface, a first and at least one further aperture extending through the fixation device from the outer surface to the bone facing surface; and a flexible elongate element secure...