Patent ID: 7914538

Claim:
A suture anchor inserter and suture anchor combination, comprising: a suture anchor having an anchor body, a proximal end and a distal end, the suture anchor having a first transverse passage for receiving a suture and a second transverse passage for receiving a suture; and a suture anchor inserter having a tubular member having a distal end, a proximal end, an external surface, an internal cross-section, and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the internal cross-section is adapted at the distal end for mating engagement with a suture anchor and the engagement is at a predetermined rotational orientation of the tubular member about the axis, wherein said anchor is mounted to the distal end of the tubular member; and, a first distinct indicator mark in or on the external surface of the distal end of the tubular member aligned with the first transverse passage, and a second distinct indicator mark in or on the external surface of the distal end of the tubular member aligned with the second transverse passage, wherein the second transverse passage is proximal to the first transverse passage, wherein the second indicator mark and the first indicator mark are separated by an angle of about 90 degrees radially about the axis, and wherein the second indicator mark uniquely identifies the second transverse passage as being proximal to the first transverse passage; and wherein each of the first indicator mark and the second indicator mark comprises at least one character of text.