Patent ID: 8951270
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical securement assembly for securing one or more intracorporeal structures during a surgical procedure, the surgical securement assembly comprising: a securement cord configured to extend around one or more intracorporeal structures; a surgical securement apparatus, comprising: a threading assembly having a base and a threading loop comprising a suture material for facilitating threading of the securement cord through each of a connector lumen, a lumen of the surgical securement apparatus, and the plunger lumen, wherein the base engages tails of the threading loop adjacent free ends of the threading loop tails, and wherein each of the connector lumen, the lumen of the surgical securement apparatus, and the plunger lumen comprises dimensions sufficient for passage of both the threading loop and the securement cord when the securement cord is threaded through the threading loop and folded over.