SUTURE ANCHOR INSERTION TOOL

摘要

A tool (100) includes a housing adapted to receive an anchor (40) with attached suture (503), and a suture retainer (149) adapted to receive the attached suture. The suture retainer is configured to regulate deployment of the suture from the retainer such that deployment of the suture from the housing does not occur until a load applied to the suture corresponds to at least a selected minimum fixation strength of the anchor in bone. A method includes inserting a suture anchor (40) at an attachment site, the suture anchor having an attached suture (503), and deploying the attached suture from a suture retainer (149) when a load applied to the suture corresponds to at least a selected minimum fixation strength of the anchor in bone.