Suture retention devices

A suture retention device for releasably securing one or more end portions of a suture, the suture retention device comprising;

• a housing having a distal end portion that includes a first inlet passage and a proximal end portion that includes a first outlet passage that is longitudinal aligned with the first inlet passage, the housing defining a first cavity disposed between and communicated with each of the first inlet and first outlet passages;
• a first actuator disposed inside the first cavity and moveable in the first cavity between a first fully depressed position and a first undepressed position, the first actuator being continuously biased towards the first undepressed position and including a distal end portion that includes a second inlet passage and a proximal end portion that includes a second outlet passage that is longitudinally aligned with the second inlet passage, the first actuator defining a second cavity disposed between and communicated with each of the second inlet and second outlet passages, when the first actuator is in the first undepressed position the second inlet and second outlet passages are respectively not longitudinally aligned with the first inlet and first outlet passages of the housing, when the first actuator is in the first fully depressed position the second inlet and second outlet passages are respectively longitudinally aligned with the first inlet and first outlet passages of the housing;
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• a second actuator disposed inside the second cavity and moveable in the second cavity between a second fully depressed position and a second undepressed position, the second actuator being continuously biased towards the second undepressed position and including a longitudinal through passage that extends between a distal end and a proximal end of the second actuator, when the second actuator is in the second undepressed position the longitudinal through passage is not longitudinally aligned with either of the second inlet and second outlet passages of the first actuator, when the second actuator is in the second fully depressed position the longitudinal through passage is longitudinally aligned with the second inlet and second outlet passages of the first actuator.