Suture securing assemblies

A method of securing a suture in a bone hole, the method comprising:

• passing a length of suture through a through hole of a distal body of an anchor;
• placing the distal body at the bottom of a prepared bone hole, a proximal body of the anchor being separated by a distance from the distal body such that the proximal body is located outside of the bone hole;
• tensioning the length of suture;
• inserting a portion of the proximal body into the bone hole such that legs of the length of suture are fixed between the proximal body and the bone hole, the distance between the proximal body and the distal body being unchanged;
• retracting the distal body toward the proximal body, creating suture slack in the bone hole;
• and
• driving the distal body and the proximal body together into the bone hole;
• wherein the suture slack in the bone hole is removed.

A method of securing a suture in a bone hole, the method comprising:

• passing a length of suture through a through hole of a distal body of an anchor, the anchor comprising a cannulated proximal body disposed on an inner shaft of an inserter near a distal end of an outer shaft of the inserter, the distal body disposed on the inner shaft near a distal end of the inner shaft, the distal body having radially expanding wings at a proximal end;
• approximating the distal body to a hole formed in bone;
• tensioning the length of suture;
• inserting the proximal body and the distal body into the bone hole, the distance between the proximal body and the distal body being unchanged;
• retracting the distal body toward the proximal body by retracting the inner shaft relative to a handle of the inserter such that the wings engage the proximal body, causing the wings to radially expand;
• and
• further retracting the inner shaft such that the proximal body and the distal body are disengaged from the inner shaft;
• wherein the length of suture is compressed between the distal body and the bone hole.