Suture locking device and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8100923
APP PUB NO 20050143762A1
SERIAL NO

10941693

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The present invention relates to devices and methods for securing a pair of suture lengths together or for using a single strand of suture to secure tissue(s) together at an operative site in a patient without necessarily tying a knot. The suture lock device may include a suturing securing device having an outer body member having a lumen extending therethrough, the lumen defining a suture path through the outer body, an inner wedge member axially insertable into the outer body member to secure a portion of a suture between the wedge and the interior surface of the lock member, an outer tube carrying the outer body member at the distal end of the outer tube, the outer tube carrying the wedge proximal to the outer body member, and a pusher member slidable within the outer tube to push the wedge into the lock member.

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ABBOTT LABORATORIESD-377 ABBOTT PARK IL 60064 U S A

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McIntosh, Scott A Sunnyvale, US 17 1203
Paraschac, Joseph Francis San Jose, US 4 327

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