Patent ID: 7144415

Claim:
A suture locking device for securing and locking the ends of suture, the suture having two end portions defining a first reach and a second reach, said suture locking device having a cylindrical shaped body having a wall defining a cavity, a top portion and a side portion, a member extending axially in said cavity shaped body and movable in a uni-axial direction, a pin laterally disposed in said cavity, said wall defining a recess formed in said body adjacent to the top portion and being in axial alignment with said pin, diametrically opposed openings formed in said side wall portion in said suture locking device for accepting said first reach and said second reach of said suture intended to be tied so that said first reach and said second reach extend laterally into and traverse said cavity to lie between said pin and said recess wall, said pin being operatively connected to said member and being moved in an axial direction therewith so that said first reach and said second reach in said cavity being urged against said recess wall by said pin upon deployment of said suture locking device whereby said suture is locked in place owing to the squeezing force exerted on said first reach and said second reach by said pin against said recess wall.