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Article: Publication No. EP2095776, Published on Sept. 2, Assigned to Arthrocare for Knotless Suture Anchoring Device (American Inventor)
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 8 -- Seth A. Foerster, of the U.S. has developed a devices for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring device.
The patent has been assigned to Arthrocare Corp., Austin, Texas.
According to an abstract posted by the European Patent Office, "A device for attaching connective tissue to bone has a longitudinal axis and comprises an annular toggle member and a body member disposed distally of the toggle member. The toggle member is movable between an undeployed position wherein the toggle member has a smaller profile in a direction transverse to the axis and a deployed position wherein the toggle member has a larger profile in the direction ...