Apparatus for securing an object to bone, said apparatus comprising: an anchor, said anchor comprising: a body comprising an opening for receiving a filament therein and an annular shoulder at its proximal end; and a locking element movably disposed within said body for selectively locking said filament to said body; and an inserter for deploying said anchor in bone, said inserter comprising: a handle; an overtube extending distally from said handle said overtube comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is fixedly attached to the handle, and wherein the distal end is configured to engage the bone and to receive the anchor; a hollow shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said hollow shaft is movably disposed within said overtube, and said hollow shaft comprises, at its distal end, a counterbore which is sized so as to receive a proximal end of the body of the anchor such that said body of said anchor is releasably mechanically connected to the distal end of the hollow shaft in a male/female connection with a distal end surface of the hollow shaft being seated against said annular shoulder of body; and wherein said inserter further comprises an elongated member comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein of said elongated member is movably disposed within said hollow shaft, wherein the distal end of said elongated member is connected to said locking element. an anchor, said anchor comprising: a body comprising an opening for receiving a filament therein and an annular shoulder at its proximal end; and a locking element movably disposed within said body for selectively locking said filament to said body; and a body comprising an opening for receiving a filament therein and an annular shoulder at its proximal end; and a locking element movably disposed within said body for selectively locking said filament to said body; and an inserter for deploying said anchor in bone, said inserter comprising: a handle; an overtube extending distally from said handle said overtube comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is fixedly attached to the handle, and wherein the distal end is configured to engage the bone and to receive the anchor; a hollow shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said hollow shaft is movably disposed within said overtube, and said hollow shaft comprises, at its distal end, a counterbore which is sized so as to receive a proximal end of the body of the anchor such that said body of said anchor is releasably mechanically connected to the distal end of the hollow shaft in a male/female connection with a distal end surface of the hollow shaft being seated against said annular shoulder of body; and a handle; an overtube extending distally from said handle said overtube comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is fixedly attached to the handle, and wherein the distal end is configured to engage the bone and to receive the anchor; a hollow shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said hollow shaft is movably disposed within said overtube, and said hollow shaft comprises, at its distal end, a counterbore which is sized so as to receive a proximal end of the body of the anchor such that said body of said anchor is releasably mechanically connected to the distal end of the hollow shaft in a male/female connection with a distal end surface of the hollow shaft being seated against said annular shoulder of body; and wherein said inserter further comprises an elongated member comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein of said elongated member is movably disposed within said hollow shaft, wherein the distal end of said elongated member is connected to said locking element.