Bone Suture Contest

A new contest, Bone Suture, has been posted. The prize is $3000 and closes on March 18th. The contest seeks undiscovered prior art including products, patents and non-patent literature which can help invalidate claims 1, 64 and 76 of US patent 5,921,986 -- “Bone Suture”-- and 1, 25 and 26 of US patent 8,147,514--”Apparatus and method for securing a portion of a body.” These patents describe a bone suture and anchors for securing sections of bone, tissue, or other segment of body tissue together to facilitate healing.