Patent ID: 7686830
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: A61B,B33Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A suture anchoring device comprising: a first retaining member having a first surface, a second surface and a first outer edge; where the second surface lies in a first plane; the first retaining member having an opening that extends from the first outer edge to an inner point of the first retaining member; a second retaining member having a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, a sixth surface and a second outer edge; where the third surface lies in a second plane and the fifth surface and the sixth surface lie nominally perpendicular to the second outer edge at their lines of intersection therewith; a holding means positioned within the second retaining member, the holding means comprised of an opening extending from the fifth or the sixth surface to within the second retaining member; and a coupler having a third outer edge and a cross-sectional area taken in a plane parallel to the first plane that is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the first retaining member taken in a plane parallel to the first plane; where the coupler is positioned along a longitudinal axis of said first retaining member and said second retaining member that is substantially perpendicular to said first and second planes and located at a midpoint of a width of said first and second retaining members and joins the first retaining member to the second retaining member at the second surface and the third surface; wherein the second and third surfaces are parallel to each other and non-coterminous and the opening on the first retaining member extends from the first outer edge to the third outer edge of the coupler.