Patent ID: 8579921

Claim:
A suture securing device comprising: a body having proximal and distal end portions, the distal end portion defining a suture receiving opening; a shaft having proximal and distal end portions, the shaft at least partially disposed in the body, the shaft and the body being assembled for relative reciprocal longitudinal motion between a first position and a second position; a tension coil spring having a first end and a second end, the first end being operably attached to the distal end portion of the body and the second end being operably attached adjacent the distal end portion of the shaft, said tension coil spring disposed adjacent the suture receiving opening, said tension coil spring assembled for relative reciprocal longitudinal motion; and a mounting member attached to the body, the first end of the tension coil spring being operably attached to the distal end portion of the body via the mounting member, the second end of the tension coil spring being operably attached to the distal end portion of the shaft via the mounting member, wherein the suture securing device is configured and dimensioned such that, when said body and shaft are in the first position, the tension coil spring is in a rest position, and when at least one of the body and the shaft are in the second position, the tension coil spring is in a tensioned position at a point along a path defined by the relative reciprocal longitudinal motion of the tension coil spring to form at least one gap therebetween to enable receipt of at least a portion of at least one suture and wherein relative reciprocal motion of the shaft with respect to the body effects the relative reciprocal motion between the first position and the second position.