Figure Legends Figure 1. Placement of Fiber Tape around the sternum. All sutures are placed loosely first then tensioned. Two interrupted sutures are placed in the manubrium followed by three figure of eight sutures along the sternal body. Figure 2. After passing the sutures through a preformed knot and hand tightening a tensioner sets the desired tension of each Fiber Tape. Figure 3. All Fiber Tapes tensioned down before final knot throws and triming. Figure 4. Final closure with knots trimmed.