Suture anchor comprising suture filament and suture tape

A suture anchor, comprising:

• a substrate formed of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW) and having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface, wherein each of the first surface and the second surface has a larger surface area than the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a width extending across the first surface and a central longitudinal axis extending along the first surface wherein the central longitudinal axis is located central with respect to the width;
• and a filament comprising a first end and a second end interwoven into the substrate in a first configuration, wherein the first configuration comprises the filament, from the first end to the second end, extending through the substrate at first and second passing locations, respectively, on a first surface of the substrate to form a first loop and a second loop, wherein the filament first enters the substrate at the second passing location, wherein the second passing location is closer to a medial position of the substrate than the first passing location, and the filament passes through the first passing location after passing through the second passing location, wherein the first loop extends through the second loop and is configured to receive a repair suture therein, and a third loop and a fourth loop formed through a third and a fourth passing locations, respectively, on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the third loop extends through the fourth loop on the same surface of the substrate as the first loop and the second loop, and wherein the first passing location, the second passing location, the third passing location and the fourth passing location are each substantially positioned in spaced apart relation along a first longitudinal axis.

A suture anchoring system, comprising:

• a suture anchor comprising a fibrous construct formed of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW) and having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface, wherein each of the first surface and the second surface has a larger surface area than the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a width extending across the first surface and a central longitudinal axis extending along the first surface wherein the central longitudinal axis is located central with respect to the width, and having a filament comprising a first end and a second end disposed in a loop configuration with a first loop formed through a first hole on a first surface of a fibrous construct and extending through a second loop formed through a second hole on the first surface of the fibrous construct and a third loop formed through a third hole on the first surface of the fibrous construct and extending through a fourth loop formed through a fourth hole on the first surface of the fibrous construct, wherein the filament first enters the fibrous construct at the second hole, wherein the second hole is closer to a medial position of the substrate than the first hole, and the filament, from the first end to the second end, passes through the first hole after passing through the second hole in the loop configuration, the suture anchor having an un-deployed state and a deployed state in which the width of the suture anchor is different than the width of the suture anchor in the un-deployed state;
• and insertion tooling coupled with the suture anchor, and wherein the first hole, the second hole, the third hole and the fourth hole are each substantially positioned in spaced apart relation along a first longitudinal axis.