Patent ID: 8894684

Claim:
A surgical repair construct, comprising: an anchor capable of being fixated in bone and having a filament engagement feature; a filament capable of being passed through soft tissue to be repaired and having a collapsible snare formed on one end thereof and a collapsible loop at a second end thereof and coupled to the filament engagement feature, the snare is configured by a coaxial sliding neck that is effective to collapse the snare, the collapsible loop including a sliding knot with a tensioning limb extending therefrom and effective to collapse the collapsible loop independent of the snare; a suture having a plurality of stationary protrusions formed thereon in a spaced-apart arrangement, the suture being capable of being passed through soft tissue to be repaired, and a flexible member removably placed in a portion of the snare to prevent unintentional collapse thereof; wherein the flexible member is removably disposed through the coaxial sliding neck to immobilize the coaxial sliding neck; wherein an opening of the snare is configured to receive the suture, the snare being slidable with respect to the suture and collapsible around the suture, and wherein the collapsible loop is capable of being tightened incrementally to secure the soft tissue to the bone.