Patent ID: 8460309

Claim:
A suture anchor and suture anchor inserter 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 which is proximal to the first transverse passage; and a suture anchor inserter comprising: 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 at the distal end is in mating engagement with a the suture anchor and the engagement is at a predetermined rotational orientation of the tubular member about the axis; a first distinct indicator mark in or on the external surface of the tubular member aligned with the first transverse passage, and a second distinct indicator mark in or on the external surface of the tubular member aligned with the second transverse passage; and wherein at least one of the first indicator mark and the second indicator mark comprises at least one character of text.