Patents by Inventor Michael J. HUANG

Michael J. HUANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tensionable knotless anchors and methods of tissue repair
    Patent number: 12357448
    Abstract: Tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical constructs and methods for surgical repairs are disclosed. A tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical construct includes two self-locking, tensionable, knotless independent mechanisms loaded onto a fixation device, one of the two self-locking, tensionable, knotless, independent mechanisms including a preformed, flexible, continuous, uninterrupted loop. The fixation device can be a knotless fixation device such as a hard-body anchor, or a knotless soft anchor such as an all-suture knotless anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil N. Verma, Justin W. Griffin, Michael J. Huang, Asheesh Bedi, Andrew C. Petry, Peter J. Dreyfuss
  • TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS ANCHORS AND METHODS OF TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20220175514
    Abstract: Tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical constructs and methods for surgical repairs are disclosed. A tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical construct includes two self-locking, tensionable, knotless independent mechanisms loaded onto a fixation device, one of the two self-locking, tensionable, knotless, independent mechanisms including a preformed, flexible, continuous, uninterrupted loop. The fixation device can be a knotless fixation device such as a hard-body anchor, or a knotless soft anchor such as an all-suture knotless anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Nikhil N. VERMA, Justin W. GRIFFIN, Michael J. HUANG, Asheesh BEDI, Andrew C. PETRY, Peter J. DREYFUSS