Patent ID: 7033379
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A suture lock for securing a first segment and a second segment of a suture, the suture lock comprising: a first engaging element and a second engaging element, each engaging element having a surface including at least a mating portion which is opposed to and configured to mate with a corresponding mating portion of a surface of the other engaging element, the mating portions defining a non-through bore capture zone when not mated into which a user locates the first segment and the second segment of the suture such that the first segment and the second segment of the suture are frictionally secured along at least a portion of the capture zone when the mating portions are mated wherein at least one of the mating portions includes at least one surface providing a frictional direction such that the first and second suture segments are restrained from movement in one longitudinal direction of the suture segments and a permitted movement in the other longitudinal direction.