Article: Indiana Inventors Develop Soft Tissues Surgical Procedure

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Ryan A Kaiser of Leesburg, Ind., Kevin T Stone of Winona Lake, Ind., have developed a suture anchor with eyelet.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suture anchor and associated method and system. In one embodiment, the suture anchor includes a bone anchoring portion, and a suture securing portion coupled to the bone anchoring portion. The suture securing portion has an eyelet through which a suture is threaded. The eyelet has a surface finish provided by a coating process, such as a titanium nitride or a titanium anodize process that increases the life of the suture."

The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,331,982 on Feb. 19.

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