An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone are disclosed which permit a suture attachment which lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface, and wherein the suturing material between the connective tissue and the bone anchor is oriented in a direction...http://www.google.de/patents/US6524317?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6524317 - Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring device