Patent ID: 9642615
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A suture locking device, comprising: a hollow carrier member having a slot formed in a sidewall thereof; a locking assembly mounted at a distal end of the carrier member, the locking assembly comprising: a suture path receptive of a suture and defined at least in part between the first and second locking members and at least in part within the slot of the carrier member; a cutter assembly; an actuator assembly operable to expose the latch portion for receipt of the suture, draw a portion of a suture into the carrier member along the suture path, move the first and second locking members together relative to each other to lock the suture between the first and second locking members with the suture extending laterally through the latch portion relative to a longitudinal axis of the first and second locking members when the first and second locking members are in a locked position, and rotate the cutter assembly to cut the suture within the carrier member, wherein the cutter assembly captures the suture between a suture opening and a cutting surface of the cutter assembly.