Patent ID: 8858596

Claim:
A suture anchor arrangement comprising: a suture anchor including an anchor body defining a longitudinal axis, said anchor body having a distal end for insertion into bodily tissue and a proximal end spaced axially from said distal end, said anchor body defining therein a substantially axially-extending bore disposed within an interior of said anchor body, said bore opening outwardly through said distal end to form a distal bore portion and opening outwardly through said proximal end to form a proximal bore portion, and a pair of passages extending through said distal end of said anchor body, each said passage having an inner end which opens into said bore and an outer end which opens through an exterior of said anchor body, said outer ends of the respective said passages being circumferentially spaced from one another along said exterior of said anchor body, each said passage having a passage surface which angles in a direction towards a terminal distalmost end of said distal end and away from said proximal end of said anchor body as said passage projects from adjacent the respective said inner end towards the respective said outer end, said passage surface at said inner end of the respective said passage being located at a greater axial distance from said distalmost end of said distal end of said anchor body than said passage surface at said outer end of the respective said passage, said anchor body having a surface oriented transversely to the axis which defines part of said distal bore portion; a length of working suture for securing soft tissue to said anchor body; and a length of suture material distinct from said working suture, said suture material having a pair of respective free terminal ends which are secured to one another to form a knot such that said suture material forms a closed and continuous loop of suture material which extends through said passages of said anchor body to secure said suture material to said anchor body, said loop having an interior loop portion disposed within said bore and extending between the respective said inner ends of said passages and a pair of exterior loop portions, said exterior loop portions extending circumferentially along said exterior of said anchor body in opposite directions from one another and along diametrically opposite sides of said exterior, each said exterior loop portion extending from said outer end of one of said passages to said outer end of the other said passage, said knot being disposed in said distal bore portion adjacent said surface.