Patent ID: 7572275

Claim:
A system for attaching a bone and a tissue together via a suture, the system comprising: a suture; an anchor comprising: a bone retention portion shaped to engage the bone to attach the anchor to the bone; and a first suture retention portion attached to the bone retention portion, wherein the first suture retention portion is configured to retain a first anchor portion of the suture; and a tissue retainer comprising a second suture retention portion configured to retain a retainer portion of the suture; wherein at least one of the first suture retention portion and the second suture retention portion comprises a plurality of passageways arranged to define a first pathway; wherein the suture is routed through the passageways such that the first anchor portion of the suture is able to be drawn along the first pathway substantially along only a first direction; wherein the first anchor portion is further routed along the first pathway such that a first compression section of the first anchor portion presses another part of the first anchor portion against the first suture retention portion of the anchor in response to tension urging the first anchor portion to move along the first pathway opposite to the first direction.