Patent ID: 7806909

Claim:
A system for inserting a suture through passageways of a line lock, the system comprising: a suture; a cartridge comprising: a retention feature shaped to retain a line lock comprising a body at least partially bounding a plurality of passageways; and a threading feature shaped to facilitate insertion of the suture through the passageways; and a line lock comprising a body at least partially bounding a plurality of passageways, wherein the suture is routed through the passageways such that the locking portion of the suture is able to be drawn along a pathway through at least some of the passageways fully bounded by the body, along only one direction along the pathway defined by the routing of the suture, wherein the locking portion is routed through the passageways such that a compression section of the locking portion presses another part of the locking portion against the line lock in response to tension urging the locking portion to move through the passageways opposite to the one direction.