Patent ID: 7959674

Claim:
A suture locking assembly for use with a heart valve repair device, the suture locking assembly comprising: a rim defining a first flange and a second flange spaced from the first flange, the rim configured to extend at least partially around a periphery of the heart valve repair device; and a suture band maintained between the first flange and the second flange; wherein relative to a circumferential interface between the rim and the suture band, a radial spacing between the rim and the suture band decreases from a first radial spacing to a second radial spacing, the second radial spacing being circumferential adjacent the first radial spacing; wherein the suture locking assembly is configured to securely maintain a suture segment that is circumferentially pulled relative to at least one of the flanges from a first position at the first radial spacing to a second position at the second radial spacing, the second position being at least partially defined near an outer periphery of the rim.