Patent ID: 8414647

Claim:
An anchor for securing soft tissue into a portion of bone, comprising: a body portion having a distal end and a proximal end; a first outwardly deployable member disposed on said body portion; a wedge member which is movable for deploying said first outwardly deployable member; a second outwardly deployable member disposed on said body portion in axially spaced relation to said first outwardly deployable member; and a generally axially movable deploying member having a distal end and a proximal end, and further comprising a first threaded portion on the distal end for engaging and moving a complementary threaded portion on said wedge member, the proximal end of the deploying member being unthreaded and comprising a second portion for engaging and moving said second outwardly deployable member, wherein the second portion is substantially larger in an outward direction than the first threaded portion and the outwardly larger portion directly contacts the second outwardly deployable member to push it outwardly when the outwardly larger portion deploys the second outwardly deployable member.