Patent ID: 8992571
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A resilient suture clip having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface with a perimeter sidewall extending therebetween, an aperture extending completely through the suture clip between the top and bottom surfaces so as to form a slot, the slot extending into the suture clip from a mouth at a periphery at a first end of the suture clip so as to divide the suture clip into first and second lateral portions that are separated at the first end but connected at an opposite second end of the suture clip, the slot being bounded by opposing inner sidewalls of the first and second lateral portions extending between the top and bottom surfaces of the suture clip, the slot including a first curve and a second curve connected at a singular point of inflection, the first curve is concave down and the second curve is concave up, the first and second curves being continuous along the length of the slot such that the entire slot is curved from the first end to the second end, the suture clip having a sufficient resilient force to allow a suture to be slid into the slot and having a sufficient clamping force to retain the suture in place within the slot once a desired positioned of the suture has been attained.