Patent 7803173 was granted and assigned to Arthrex on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A chain of loops of braided high strength suture for surgical applications. The suture chain is advantageous for use in knotless fixation of soft tissue to bone, and can be used for knotless side-to-side suturing of U-shaped defects, such as rotator cuff tears.