Patent ID: 8460321

Claim:
A surgical instrument comprising: an elongate shaft; a working end platform formed on a distal end portion of said elongate shaft; a handle mounted on a proximal end portion of said elongate shaft; a stitching needle rotatably mounted relative to said platform and rotatable from a concealed position in which a tip of said stitching needle is concealed within said platform to an exit position where said tip is inserted into a suture anchor releasably attached to said platform, and counter-rotatable from said position where said tip is inserted into said suture anchor to said position in which said tip is concealed within said platform; and a stabilizing pin movably mounted to said platform, said stabilizing pin being actuatable from a recessed position in which a tip of said stabilizing pin is concealed within said platform to a stabilizing position where said tip extends out of said platform, and vice versa.