Patent ID: 8709040

Claim:
A suture anchor, comprising: a suture anchor body for placement in a bone, said suture anchor body formed with a cavity and a first clamping surface; and a securing member constructed to be at least partially received in said cavity of said suture anchor body, said securing member formed with a second clamping surface; said suture anchor body and said securing member cooperating to define a passage between said first clamping surface and said second clamping surface for receiving at least one suture strand; said suture anchor body and said securing member formed with cooperating engaging structures enabling a distance between said first clamping surface and said second clamping surface to be adjusted in predetermined increments to thereby adjust a width of said passage between said first clamping surface and said second clamping surface; said cooperating engaging structures holding said first clamping surface and said second clamping surface in a plurality of fixed predefined positions relative to each other; said cooperating engaging structures include a plurality of recesses formed in one of said suture anchor body and said securing member, said cooperating engaging structures also including a projection extending from the other one of said suture anchor body and said securing member, said projection constructed to be received in said plurality of recesses; and wherein the one of said suture anchor body and said securing member, which is formed with said plurality of recesses, is also formed with a disengagement channel longitudinally extending through said plurality of recesses; and said disengagement channel releases said securing member when said projection is moved into said disengagement channel.