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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Donald Jay Mcmichael, Roswell, GA (US);
John Anthony Rotella, Roswell, GA (US);
Nathan Christopher Griffith, Roswell, GA (US);
Thomas Gregory Estes, Atlanta, GA (US);
Donald Jay McMichael, Roswell, GA (US);
John Anthony Rotella, Roswell, GA (US);
Nathan Christopher Griffith, Roswell, GA (US);
Thomas Gregory Estes, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A suture retention hub is provided. It includes a base configured to moveably hold a handle within at least a portion of the base. The base has an aperture which extends through the base. The hub also includes a handle configured to moveably fit into the portion of the base. The handle has an aperture formed therethough as well. When a suture is positioned in the apertures and the base and handle are positioned such that the apertures are substantially in an axial alignment, the suture moves readily through the apertures in the hub. Then the base and handle are positioned such that the apertures are not in a substantial axial alignment, the suture is frictionally crimped and it is prevented from moving through the hub.