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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Stephen Ovcharchyn, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard Hannah, Vista, CA (US);
Lev Melinyshyn, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Ovcharchyn, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard Hannah, Vista, CA (US);
Lev Melinyshyn, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
URESIL, LLC, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/1011 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible filament locking mechanism including spaced first and second toothed sections each having a plurality of opposing teeth, a filament-receiving region between the opposing teeth, a flexible filament or suture extending through the filament-receiving region, and means for moving the teeth of the toothed sections into and out of engagement to lock and unlock the flexible filament in place between the opposing teeth.