102 having three turns of the coil 250 each turn having three suture retention loops 252 also shown is a suture strand 104 threaded through the suture retention loops 252 in another embodiment shown in cross section in fig2 a each turn of the coil 250 has four suture retention loops 252 fig2 b provides a perspective view of the element 102 in the relaxed shape recovery position the element 102 having three turns of the coil 250 each turn having four suture retention loops 252 also shown is a suture strand 104 threaded through the suture retention loops 252 and in yet another embodiment shown in cross section in fig2 a each turn of the coil 250 has five suture retention loops 252 fig2 b provides a perspective view of the element 102 in the relaxed shape recovery position the element 102 having four turns of the coil 250 each turn having five suture retention loops 252 again also shown is a suture strand 104 threaded through the suture retention loops 252 thus generally the more suture retention loops present the more closely the threaded suture strand 104 follows the shape of the coil however as shown in fig2 the suture strand 104 may be threaded through the loops 252 in a pattern that does not follow the shape of the coil 250 and additionally the suture strand 104 may not be threaded through all of the loops 252 it may be appreciated that each turn of the.