Patent ID: 8080035

Claim:
A suture attachment device for fastening multiple suture filaments at a wound or surgical site, comprising: a lock body having: a proximal surface; a distal surface; an external wall extending from the proximal surface to the distal surface; a length defined between the proximal surface and the distal surface and extending along a longitudinal axis; a width extending along a radial axis, wherein the length is greater than the width; at least two separate and distinct suture passageways defined between the proximal surface and the distal surface, wherein each of the suture passageways comprise a proximal surface passageway and a distal surface passageway, the proximal surface passageway being accessible on the proximal surface of the lock body and the distal surface passageway being accessible on the distal surface of the lock body; wherein the proximal surface passageway initiates on the proximal surface and terminates at a first aperture on the external wall, and the distal surface passageway initiates on the distal surface and terminates at a second aperture on the external wall, wherein each of the suture passageways are sized and shaped for receiving a suture filament such that the suture filament is threaded through the lock body.