Patent ID: 7674276

Claim:
A suture anchor, comprising: a first body portion defining a recess at a proximal end, a suture receiving channel transverse to the recess, and a bone engaging feature at a distal end to fixedly engage a bony tissue; a second body portion defining an eyelet for receipt of a suture where engaging the second body portion rotates the eyelet with respect to the first body portion; and a rotational ratcheting device to provide only one-directional rotational movement of the second body portion with respect to the first body portion; wherein rotation of the second body portion causes the suture to form a twist to frictionally secure the suture; wherein the recess provides a clearance to receive the twist below the eyelet between a distal end of the second body portion adjacent the eyelet and a bottom of the recess when the suture receiving channel and the eyelet are positioned in the same plane.