Patent ID: 8936620
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for securing an object to bone, the method comprising: providing an apparatus comprising: lockingly positioning the suture anchor body within a hole formed in a bone; passing the first end of the single strand of suture through the object; passing the first end of the single strand of suture exiting the object through the loop formed in the intermediate portion of the single strand of suture; and holding the first end of the single strand of suture under tension and pulling on the second end of the single strand of suture so as to draw the loop, and the portion of the suture passed through the loop, into the tapered lumen of the suture anchor body, thereby causing the loop and the portion of the suture passed through the loop to be jammed tightly in the tapered lumen of the suture anchor body, whereby to bind the suture, and hence the object, to the suture anchor body.