Patent ID: 8114094

Claim:
A device for introducing an anchor element, in which a thread is engaged, into a bone, in order to fix a tissue that is detached from said bone, wherein a loop of said thread extends laterally from said anchor element, said device comprising: an elongate body having a distal end which can be inserted into said anchor element in a rotationally locked manner, a distal end portion of said elongate body having at least one cutting having inserted said loop laterally protruding from said anchor element, said cutting extending around a circumference of said body, and being designed in such a way that said loop, when inserted into said cutting, is prevented from falling laterally away from said elongate body, and wherein said elongate body has a longitudinally extending recess in an area of said cutting, said recess intersecting and crossing said cutting in a way that a thread portion of said loop inserted in said cutting lies free and said recess being designed as an opening extending right through said elongate body in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential extension of said thread portion inserted into said cutting, such that said loop inserted into said cutting can be gripped from the outside, said thread portion which lies free crosses a width of said recess perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said elongate body when said loop is drawn taut in said cutting.