Contracting member anchor

Abstract

A system can be used to anchor a contracting member (e.g., a shape memory material member). The system can include a structure including a surface and defining an aperture, a housing, and a contracting member. An end portion of the contracting member can extend through the housing, on the surface of the structure in more than one loop about the aperture, and back through the housing. The housing can be deformed around the contracting member extending through the housing. The system can also include a fastener received in the aperture such that a portion of the contracting member is secured between the surface of the structure and the fastener.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.