Patent ID: 8361114

Claim:
A method of preparing a suture in a suture anchor having a bone engaging section and a suture engaging section the bone engaging section having a tip and formed along a bone engaging axis, the method comprising: providing a first closed suture passage section in the suture engaging section extending from a proximal end to a first suture portal; providing a second suture passage section extending from said first suture portal to a second suture portal; providing a third closed suture passage section extending from said second suture portal through an exterior portion of the proximal end of the suture engaging section; passing the suture through said first closed suture passage section from said proximal end of the suture engaging section in a direction generally toward the tip and that diverges from the bone engaging axis and out of the suture engaging section through said first suture portal; passing the suture from said first suture portal through said second suture portal; and passing the suture from said second suture portal in a direction generally away from the tip and that converges toward the bone engaging axis through the suture engaging portion and out of the suture engaging portion through said third closed suture passage.