Patent ID: 9078645
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for locking a device on one or more sutures, comprising: one or more sutures each having a thickness; a bifurcated locking clamp including a pair of substantially similar clamp halves each having an exterior surface and an inner surface facing the inner surface of the other clamp half to form a variable sized slot therebetween, the clamp halves being connected for movement toward or away from one another while being fixed axially with respect to one another, wherein the suture(s) extend through the slot between the inner surfaces of the clamp halves; a biasing member positioned on the outside of the locking clamp having a relaxed size that, in the absence of an object in the slot, urges the inner surfaces of the clamp halves together such that the slot has a width smaller than the suture thickness; a retention member positioned between the clamp halves against the force of the biasing member and having a thickness that maintains the slot width large enough to permit passage of the suture therethrough, wherein removal of the retention member permits the biasing member to urge the inner surfaces of the clamp halves together and clamp the suture(s) therebetween; and wherein the clamp halves are hinged together on a first circumferential side such that the variable sized slot defines a variable sized opening on the side opposite the first circumferential side, and wherein the biasing member comprises a plurality of C-clips arranged around the locking clamp with their free ends located on either side of the variable sized slot opposite the first circumferential side.