Suture anchor assembly

A suture anchor comprising:

• a head portion having
• a generally conically-shaped and pointed distal end portion with opposed flutes cut therethrough;
• and
• screw threads extending from a proximal end of said conically-shaped distal end portion and substantially throughout an entire remainder of said head portion;
• said flutes each cutting through said remainder of said head portion and interrupting opposed portions of said screw threads;
• said flutes each cutting through said head portion inwardly removed from distal-most of said threads;
• and
• said flutes each cutting through a plurality of proximal-most of said threads between inner and outer diameters of said plurality of proximal-most threads;
• bottoms of said flutes diverging outwardly from said pointed distal end as said flutes extend proximally;
• and
• a connector portion extending proximally from said head portion, said connector portion comprising
• a plurality of planar sides extending throughout the length of said connector portion and terminating at an anchor proximal end surface, and defining the entire side surface of said connector portion;
• said connector portion defining a bore therethrough extending from one of said planar sides to an opposed one of said planar sides, said bore being adapted to receive a suture therethrough;
• and
• opposed channels extending from said anchor proximal end surface, through said one planar side and said opposed one of said planar sides, respectively, to respective opposite ends of said bore, said channels being adapted to receive the suture such that the suture does not extend outwardly beyond said one planar side and said opposed one planar side.