Patent ID: 7780701

Claim:
A suture anchor operable to hold a suture within a bone comprising: a tip; a longitudinal axis of said anchor that extends through a center of said tip; a first flexible wing with retention features thereon, said first flexible wing extends from said tip; a second flexible wing with retention features thereon, said second flexible wing extends from said tip and is opposite to said first flexible wing; a center plane that extends through said longitudinal axis from said first flexible wing to said second flexible wing; and a suture guide between said first flexible wing and said second flexible wing that extends from said tip along said longitudinal axis and is operable to receive and direct said suture toward an interior of said anchor, said suture guide includes: a through hole proximate to said tip, said through hole extends through said longitudinal axis and includes a center axis that is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; a first recessed guide operable to receive said suture, said first recessed guide extends from said through hole and is angled in a first direction, said first recessed guide extends across said center plane; and a second recessed guide operable to receive said suture, said second recessed guide extends from said through hole and is angled in a second direction opposite to said first direction, said second recessed guide extends across said center plane.