Patent ID: 8187301

Claim:
A one-piece suture lock to be used with a suture thread, said suture lock comprising: a body comprising: a substantially planar left face; a substantially planar rear face situated substantially orthogonally to said left face; a substantially planar right face situated substantially orthogonally to said rear face and substantially parallel to said left face; a first substantially planar top face extending substantially orthogonally from said rear face, and spanning a body length from said left face to said right face; a first substantially planar bottom face extending substantially orthogonally from said rear face, substantially parallel to, and spaced a body thickness from, said first top face, and spanning said body length from said left face to said right face; a second substantially planar top face extending obliquely from said first top face towards said first bottom face and spanning said body length from said left face to said right face; a second substantially planar bottom face extending obliquely from said first bottom face towards said first top face and spanning said body length from said left face to said right face; wherein said second top face and said second bottom face intersect at a front edge that extends substantially parallel to said rear face and extends from said left face to said right face; an elongated opening formed in said body, through said body thickness and through said rear face, said first top face, said first bottom face, said second top face and said second bottom face, said elongated opening having an open end formed in said rear face and a terminal end extending through said body thickness and disposed between said open end and said left face; and a plurality of converging teeth located closer to said terminal end of said opening than to said open end.