Patent ID: 8821545

Claim:
A surgical filament snare assembly, comprising: a collapsible loop formed of a first filament, the collapsible loop having a first end and a second end; a continuous loop coupled to the first end of the collapsible loop, the continuous loop defining an opening and being formed of a second filament; a sliding knot formed on the second end of the collapsible loop and being movable along the first filament towards the first end of the collapsible loop to decrease a size of the opening in the collapsible loop and movable along the first filament away from the first end of the collapsible loop to increase the size of the opening in the collapsible loop; a tensioning limb formed from a portion of the first filament and extending from the sliding knot; and; an anchor having a proximal end, a distal end, and a filament engagement feature located at the distal end, the collapsible loop being slidably disposed around a portion of the filament engagement feature to couple the collapsible loopy to the anchor such that the continuous loop extends from a first side of the filament engagement feature and the sliding knot extends from a second side of the filament engagement feature, and the continuous loop and the sliding knot are both disposed proximal of the proximal end of the anchor, wherein the first and second filaments are configured to be passed through soft tissue and the snare assembly is effective to secure tissue in a knotless manner.