Patent ID: 7758615
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A soft tissue surgical anchoring device comprising: an elongated body; an anchor head configured to anchor soft tissue and coupled with the elongated body by a generally U-shaped portion such that a terminal portion of the anchor head is generally parallel with the elongated body and a tooth depends from the terminal portion towards a concave portion of the U-shaped portion; an orifice disposed through the elongated body and having an entrance and an exit, wherein the entrance is disposed on a first face of the elongated body member and the exit is disposed on a second face of the elongated body member, with second face on a portion that is opposite from the concave portion of the U shaped portion such that a path defined from the entrance to the exit moves in a direction away from the terminal portion; and a pair of teeth forming a non-return mechanism, the teeth disposed on the second face of the elongated body and are directed away from the exit so as to form a narrowing pathway relative to the entrance and configured so that movement of a flexible member is permitted in a direction of the path and hindered in a direction opposite the path.