Patent ID: 8932327
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for securing tissue, the method comprising: providing a suture having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the proximal portion includes a single elongate body and the distal portion of the suture includes a loop, wherein at least a portion of the loop includes a first plurality of barbs extending in a distal direction and a second plurality of barbs extending in a proximal direction, the suture further includes a transition area defined by a bifurcation of the single elongate body into two branches of the loop; inserting the proximal portion of the suture into tissue at a penetration point; advancing the two branches of the suture through the tissue such that the two branches are simultaneously pulled through the penetration point; pulling the suture through tissue until movement of the loop through the tissue is limited by the second plurality of barbs; and, securing the suture in the tissue.