Knotless suture anchoring devices and tools for implants

A system for locking a device onto at least one suture having a thickness, comprising:

• an elongated delivery tool having a proximal end, a distal end, and a delivery tube therebetween having a lumen, the tool further including an elongated tension member that extends along the delivery tube;
• a suture locking device positioned on the distal end of the delivery tool having a bifurcated locking clamp including a pair of substantially similar clamp halves each having an exterior surface and an inner surface facing the inner surface of the other clamp half, the clamp halves are fixed axially with respect to one another while being connected for movement toward or away from one another to form a variable sized slot therebetween, wherein the device further includes a biasing member that, in the absence of an object in the slot, urges the inner surfaces of the clamp halves together such that the slot has a width smaller than the suture thickness, wherein the device has a retention member positioned between the clamp halves against the force of the biasing member with a thickness that maintains the slot width large enough to permit passage of a suture therethrough, and wherein removal of the retention member permits the biasing member to urge the inner surfaces of the clamp halves together and clamp the suture(s) therebetween, a distal end of the elongated tension member engaging the retention member to enable tension in the tension member to apply a proximal force to the retention member;
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• an actuator on the proximal end of the delivery tool that causes relative axial displacement between the retention member and the suture locking device so as to remove the retention member from within the variable sized slot and permit the clamp halves to clamp the suture therebetween.