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A suture securing device for intracorporeally securing a suture. The device includes a surgically implantable body having a tissue abutting side and a suture loop side, and a passage through the body having an opening adjacent the tissue abutting side and another opening adjacent the suture loop sid

A suture securing device for intracorporeally securing a suture. The device includes a surgically implantable body having a tissue abutting side and a suture loop side, and a passage through the body having an opening adjacent the tissue abutting side and another opening adjacent the suture loop side. When a loop of suture is positioned through the passage from the tissue abutting side and emerges from the suture loop side and a free portion of suture is passed through the loop, the loop clamps upon the free portion when the loop is retracted back into the passage.

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Apparatus comprising: a suture; a suture securing device that includes a surgically implantable body having a tissue abutting side, a suture loop side, and a passage having a selected diameter disposed through said body, said passage having open ends at said tissue abutting side and at said suture l

Apparatus comprising: a suture; a suture securing device that includes a surgically implantable body having a tissue abutting side, a suture loop side, and a passage having a selected diameter disposed through said body, said passage having open ends at said tissue abutting side and at said suture loop side, said open end at said suture loop side being enlarged with respect to said selected diameter; the suture having two ends and a loop therebetween, the suture passing from said tissue abutting side, through said passage to said suture loop side and back through said passage to said tissue abutting side such that the loop emerges from said open end of said passage at said suture loop side, and a first one of said ends passing about said body and through said loop; said selected diameter of said passage being sufficient to allow said body to be pushed along the suture away from said first end to a desired position with respect to a second one of said ends, with the suture sliding in said passage as said body moves along the suture to said desired position.