Patent ID: 9649103
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of inserting a suture anchor in a structure, comprising: inserting one or more wire loops through a longitudinal bore at a proximal end of a proximal anchor body of a suture anchor, the suture anchor comprising an elongate body, the elongate body further formed in two pieces including a distal anchor body and the proximal anchor body separate from one another and the longitudinal bore extending through each of the proximal and distal anchor bodies, such that the assembled elongate anchor body is cannulated; advancing the one or more wire loops through the longitudinal bore until at least a portion of the one or more wire loops exits a distal end of the distal anchor body; inserting a suture through at least one of the one or more wire loops; retracting the one or more wire loops through the longitudinal bore of the distal anchor body and at least one end of the transverse bore of the proximal anchor body, wherein first and second ends of the suture exit the anchor body through the at least one end of the transverse bore; and advancing the suture anchor into a recess, the recess having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the one or more wings, wherein the recess urges the one or more wings into frictional engagement with the suture by compression of the one or more wings against the recess.