A device for securing one or more sutures, comprising a first end portion ; a second end portion ; and an intermediate third portion coupling the first end portion to the second end portion ; wherein each of the first, second and third portions comprise an at least partially annular body having an internal passageway extending therethrough in a longitudinal direction of the device ; wherein the first, second and third portions are resiliently deformable relative to one another in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; wherein the device has a deformed configuration wherein at least one of the first, second and third portions is resiliently deformed relative the other portions such that the internal passageways of the first, second and third portions are substantially aligned in the longitudinal direction, so that at least one suture can be positioned through the aligned internal passageways; and wherein the device has a natural configuration, free of elastic deformation, in which at least one of the first, second and third portions is twisted relative to the other portions such that the internal passageways are misaligned with one another so as to pinch the at least one suture between the first, second and third portions when the device is allowed to return from the deformed configuration toward the natural configuration, characterized in that each of the first, second and third portions comprises a partially annular body having an opening , wherein the openings of the first, second and third portions are misaligned in the natural configuration and are aligned in the deformed configuration to allow one or more sutures to be laterally inserted into the internal passageways. a first end portion ; a second end portion ; and an intermediate third portion coupling the first end portion to the second end portion ; wherein each of the first, second and third portions comprise an at least partially annular body having an internal passageway extending therethrough in a longitudinal direction of the device ; wherein the first, second and third portions are resiliently deformable relative to one another in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; wherein the device has a deformed configuration wherein at least one of the first, second and third portions is resiliently deformed relative the other portions such that the internal passageways of the first, second and third portions are substantially aligned in the longitudinal direction, so that at least one suture can be positioned through the aligned internal passageways; and wherein the device has a natural configuration, free of elastic deformation, in which at least one of the first, second and third portions is twisted relative to the other portions such that the internal passageways are misaligned with one another so as to pinch the at least one suture between the first, second and third portions when the device is allowed to return from the deformed configuration toward the natural configuration, characterized in that each of the first, second and third portions comprises a partially annular body having an opening , wherein the openings of the first, second and third portions are misaligned in the natural configuration and are aligned in the deformed configuration to allow one or more sutures to be laterally inserted into the internal passageways. <EOS>