Patent ID: 9662102
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A suture holding system comprising: a block having: and a suture having a first suture portion and a second suture portion, wherein the first suture portion extends from a first end to the second suture portion, wherein the second suture portion extends from the first suture portion to a second end, wherein starting from said first end, said first suture portion passes only once through said hole in a single direction from said back surface to said front surface and thereafter is received in said second notch from said front surface to said back surface, said second suture portion being held against said block by a section of said first suture portion that extends between said hole and said second notch; wherein said second suture portion following said first suture portion wraps around said back surface of said block towards said top surface and is then at least partially received in said first notch from said back surface to said front surface before passing between said first suture portion and said front surface of said block.