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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
4tech Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Francesco Maisano, Zurich, CH;
Hugo Vanermen, Knocke-le-Zoute, BE;
Ottavio Alfieri, Brescia, IT;
Idan Tobis, Beth Hashmonai, IL;
Andrea Guidotti, Zurich, CH;
Paolo Denti, Opera, IT;
4Tech Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Abstract
A suture-securing device includes a first tubular element, shaped to define a first lumen therethrough, and having first and second ends; and a second tubular element, shaped to define a second lumen therethrough, and having first and second ends. The suture-securing device is configured to have (a) an unlocked configuration in which the first end of the second tubular element is disposed closer to the first end of first tubular element than is the second end of the second tubular element, and the sutures are disposable within and slidable through the first and second lumens, and (b) a locking configuration in which the second end of the second tubular element is disposed closer to the first end of first tubular element than is the first end of the second tubular element, and the sutures are inhibited from sliding through the first and second lumens. Other embodiments are also described.