Surgical port for stay sutures and system and method thereof

An apparatus for suture management, the apparatus comprising:

• a housing portion comprising:
• one or more side walls, wherein each of the one or more side walls includes a side wall interior surface;
• a bottom wall having a bottom wall interior surface, wherein the bottom wall interior surface and the side wall interior surface of each of the one or more side walls cooperate to at least partially define a housing interior portion;
• at least one first cam pocket rib disposed in the housing interior portion, the at least one first cam pocket rib having an inner surface that at least partially defines a first cam pocket;
• at least one second cam pocket rib disposed in the housing interior portion, the at least one second cam pocket rib at least partially defining a second cam pocket;
• and
• a first cam grip comprising:
• a first cam base at least partially defined by a perimeter edge;
• and
• a first cam gripping arm coupled to the first cam base, the first cam gripping arm having an edge portion comprising a first plurality of teeth,
• wherein the first cam base is disposed within the first cam pocket such that the perimeter edge of the first cam base is adjacent to or in contact with the inner surface of the at least one first cam pocket rib to at least partially retain the first cam base within the first cam pocket, wherein the first cam grip is configured to rotate within the first cam pocket about a first rotational axis that extends through the first cam base,
• a second cam grip comprising:
• a second cam base at least partially defined by a perimeter edge;
• and
• a second cam gripping arm coupled to the second cam base, the second cam gripping arm comprising an edge portion having a second plurality of teeth,
• wherein the second cam base is disposed within the second cam pocket such that the perimeter edge of the second cam base is adjacent to or in contact with the inner surface of the at least one second cam pocket rib to at least partially retain the second cam base within the second cam pocket, wherein the second cam grip is configured to rotate within the second cam pocket about a second rotational axis that extends through the second cam base,
• wherein the first cam grip is oriented such that the first plurality of teeth is adapted to engage a first portion of a first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in a first direction and the second cam grip is oriented such that the second plurality of teeth is adapted to engage a second portion of the first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in the first direction, wherein the engagement of the first plurality of teeth with the first portion of the first segment of suture and the engagement of the second plurality of teeth with the second portion of the first segment of suture cooperates to resist further displacement of the first segment of suture in the first direction, and
• wherein the first plurality of teeth and the second plurality of teeth are each configured to allow the first segment of suture to be displaced in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and
• wherein the first cam grip is configured to rotate in a first rotational direction about the first rotational axis when the first plurality of teeth engages the first portion of the first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in the first direction and wherein the second cam grip is configured to rotate in a second rotational direction about the second rotational axis when the second plurality of teeth engages the second portion of the first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in the first direction.