Apparatus for attaching a suture to an object, said apparatus comprising: an anchor (25A, 615) comprising a generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), a distal end (95A, 630) and a proximal end (100A, 635), a top surface and a bottom surface, a vertical bore (126A, 660) extending through said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) from said top surface to said bottom surface, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), a recess (131A, 665) formed on said bottom surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) and a U-shaped slot (136A, 670) formed on said top surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), wherein said recess (131A, 665) and said U-shaped slot (136A, 670) together form a flexible finger (141A, 675) having an inner tip (143A, 685) and extending distally within said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), characterized in that an edge (144A, 690) is formed between said recess (131A, 665) and said U-shaped slot (136A, 670), and further wherein said inner tip (143A, 685) of said finger (141A, 675) is spaced from said edge (144A, 690) of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) so as to form a gap (142A, 680); and a suture (30, 620) extending from said top surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) through said vertical bore (126A, 660) to said bottom surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), through said recess (131A, 665) formed on said bottom surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), and through said U-shaped slot (136A, 670) formed on the top surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), wherein the size of said gap (142A, 680) is less than the diameter of said suture (30, 620), such that said flexible finger (141A, 675) applies a compressive force against said suture (30, 620). an anchor (25A, 615) comprising a generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), a distal end (95A, 630) and a proximal end (100A, 635), a top surface and a bottom surface, a vertical bore (126A, 660) extending through said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) from said top surface to said bottom surface, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), a recess (131A, 665) formed on said bottom surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) and a U-shaped slot (136A, 670) formed on said top surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), wherein said recess (131A, 665) and said U-shaped slot (136A, 670) together form a flexible finger (141A, 675) having an inner tip (143A, 685) and extending distally within said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), characterized in that an edge (144A, 690) is formed between said recess (131A, 665) and said U-shaped slot (136A, 670), and further wherein said inner tip (143A, 685) of said finger (141A, 675) is spaced from said edge (144A, 690) of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) so as to form a gap (142A, 680); and a suture (30, 620) extending from said top surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625) through said vertical bore (126A, 660) to said bottom surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), through said recess (131A, 665) formed on said bottom surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), and through said U-shaped slot (136A, 670) formed on the top surface of said generally cylindrical body (90A, 625), wherein the size of said gap (142A, 680) is less than the diameter of said suture (30, 620), such that said flexible finger (141A, 675) applies a compressive force against said suture (30, 620).