Patent ID: 9011490
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A suture retention device, comprising: a body comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a side wall connecting said top and bottom walls, and a channel between said top and bottom walls, said channel extending through said body from a side opening in the body to an opposite side opening in the body, a pair of coaxial holes extending through the top and bottom walls and being in communication with said channel, a locking feature disposed on one or more inner surfaces within said channel between said side opening and said opposite side opening; first and second retention members each comprising a top surface, a first bottom surface, a second bottom surface, an end surface, a side surface laterally aligned with said coaxial holes disposed away from said end surface and extending through a thickness between said top surface and said first bottom surface, and first and second corresponding locking features longitudinally spaced apart from each other; said suture retention device comprising an unlocked state wherein said first retention member extends through said side opening and said top surface of said first retention member engages said inner surface of said top wall of said body and said second bottom surface of said first retention member engages said inner surface of said bottom wall, said locking feature of said body and said first corresponding locking feature of said first retention member receive each other, said end surface of said first retention member is disposed outside of said channel, and said side surface of said first retention member is disposed between said end surface of said first retention member and said coaxial holes of said body, and wherein said second retention member extends through said opposite side opening and said top surface of said second retention member engages said inner surface of said bottom wall of said body and said second bottom surface of said second retention member engages said inner surface of said top wall, said locking feature of said body and said second corresponding locking feature of said second retention member receive each other, said end surface of said second retention member is disposed outside of said channel, and said side surface of said second retention member is disposed between said end surface of said second retention member and said coaxial holes of said body; and said suture retention device comprising a locked state wherein said first and second retention members are slid through said channel towards each other by pushing said end surfaces of said first and second retention members toward said side openings of said body such that said locking feature of said body and said first corresponding locking features of said first and second retention members disengage from each other, said locking feature of said body and said second corresponding locking features of said first and second retention members receive each other, said side surfaces of said first and second retention members pass by said coaxial holes of said body to pull a suture extending through said coaxial holes through said channel and away from said coaxial holes, and portions of said first and second retention members overlie each other with said first bottom surfaces of said first and second retention members facing each other within said channel at said coaxial holes.