US Patent Issued to ZURIMED TECHNOLOGIES on June 3 for "Single strand self-locking suspension device for medical use" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,083, issued on June 3, was assigned to ZURIMED TECHNOLOGIES AG (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Single strand self-locking suspension device for medical use" was invented by Jess Snedeker (Zurich, Switzerland), Elias Bachmann (Meilen, Switzerland) and Xiang Li (Zumikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable suspension device (1) for fixing an elongated flexible implant (G) or tissue (B) in a desired position, comprising a suspension plate (100) and a single suture element (200) engaging with the suspension plate (100) such that the suture element (200) forms an adjustable suspension loop (300) for connecting said implant (G...