Devices, systems, and methods for driving an anchor into bone

A surgical kit, comprising:

• a driver tool including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, the handle having a resistance element disposed therein;
• and
• a guidewire having a proximal end disposed within the handle, and a length of the guidewire extending through an inner passageway of the elongate shaft;
• wherein the driver tool is configured to drive an anchor into bone, thereby causing the proximal end of the guidewire to move proximally within the handle after the guidewire overcomes a distal bias force exerted on the guidewire by the resistance element.

A surgical method, comprising:

• disposing a tendon in a bone hole;
• disposing an outer member of an anchor in the bone hole;
• and
• distally advancing a driver tool having an inner member of the anchor disposed on a distal end thereof, thereby causing a guidewire disposed in an inner passageway of the driver tool to push the outer member in a distal direction within the bone hole, then causing the guidewire to overcome a bias force applied thereto by a resistance element disposed in the driver tool and move proximally within the inner passageway, and then causing the inner member to be disposed within the outer member to secure the tendon within the bone hole.

A surgical tool, comprising:

• a driver tool configured to drive an anchor into a bone, the driver tool including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, the elongate shaft having an inner passageway extending therethrough, the handle having an inner cavity formed therein, the inner passageway being in communication with the inner cavity;
• a resistance element disposed within the inner cavity, a force required to cause the resistance member to yield being greater than a force required to drive the anchor into the bone;
• and
• an anchor component retainer formed on a distal end of the elongate shaft
• wherein the resistance member yielding includes compression thereof by a guidewire extending through the inner passageway.