Patent ID: 7867253

Claim:
A suture retention hub comprising: a base including a bar, the bar has an opening formed therethrough configured to moveably hold a portion of a handle within at least a portion of the base, the base formed to include an aperture therethrough; and a handle configured to moveably fit within at least a portion of the base, a portion of the handle having an aperture formed therethough, the portion of the handle positioned within the portion of the base to permit movement of the handle; wherein the aperture in the base and the aperture in the handle are substantially in an axial alignment when the handle is positioned transversely relative to an upper surface of the base such that a suture positioned therethrough moves readily through the apertures, and wherein the aperture in the base and the aperture in the handle are substantially out of an axial alignment when an upper surface of the handle is positioned in a parallel alignment relative to the upper surface of the base such that a suture positioned therethrough is frictionally crimped in its position in the handle and the base, thereby preventing movement of the suture within the hub.