DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING SOFT TISSUE

摘要

A suture anchoring device (461), which comprises an anchor body (232) having an outer wall (228), and a suture return member disposed at a distal end of the anchor body, for receiving a length of suture (34a, 34b) extending distally through the body, and returning a portion of the suture length in a proximal direction. A passage extends along an interiro surface (234) of the wall for accommodating the length of suture. The passage tapers in width in a proximal direction, for the purpose of permitting the suture to be moved axially when pulled in a first direction, for approximating a portion of soft tissue to whivh the suture was attached to adjacent bone, and anchoring the suture axially in place when the suture is pulled in an opposing direction.