Patent ID: 7862584
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A suture lock comprising: a unitary body having a top side, a bottom side and a height extending therebetween, wherein said top side has a flat portion; a substantially flat rear face extending between said top side and said bottom side; an elongated opening formed in said body, said opening extending through said height of said body, said elongated opening having an open end and a terminal end; and a plurality of teeth situated at least partially within said opening, each tooth having a longitudinal edge disposed within said elongated opening that is at least substantially linear along a portion thereof, wherein said substantially linear portions of said longitudinal edges of all of said plurality of teeth are disposed at an oblique angle relative to said top side flat portion and said rear face, and wherein at least one of said plurality of teeth is located closer to said terminal end than said open end.