Adjustable tissue repair systems and surgical methods

1 . A surgical method, comprising:

inserting a first suture anchor into a bone;

passing a first suture of the first suture anchor through a tissue;

after inserting the first suture anchor into the bone and passing the first suture through the tissue, feeding the first suture through a loop of a first adjustable suture loop;

securing the first adjustable suture loop relative to the first suture anchor;

connecting a first limb of the first adjustable suture loop to a second suture anchor; and

inserting the second suture anchor into the bone at a position that is lateral to the first suture anchor.

2 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first adjustable suture loop includes the loop, the first limb, and a second limb.

3 . The surgical method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the first limb is a slidable limb and the second limb is a static limb.

4 . The surgical method as recited in claim 2 , comprising:

connecting the second limb to a third suture anchor; and

inserting the third suture anchor into the bone at a location adjacent to the second suture anchor.

5 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein securing the first adjustable suture loop relative to the first suture anchor includes:

splicing the first suture through itself after feeding the first suture through the loop and through a shuttle device of the first suture anchor.

6 . The surgical method as recited in claim 5 , wherein securing the first adjustable suture loop relative to the first suture anchor further includes:

tensioning the first suture to approximate the first adjustable suture loop against the tissue.

7 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein connecting the first limb of the first adjustable suture loop to the second suture anchor includes:

feeding the first limb through an eyelet of the second suture anchor.

8 . The surgical method as recited in claim 7 , wherein inserting the second suture anchor into the bone includes:

positioning the eyelet within a socket formed in the bone;

tensioning the first limb; and

moving an anchor body of the second suture anchor toward the eyelet within the socket, thereby trapping the first limb between the bone and the anchor body.

9 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first suture anchor is part of a medial row of suture anchors and the second suture anchor is part of a lateral row of suture anchors, and further wherein a crisscross suture pattern establishes a desired area of footprint compression over top of the tissue.

10 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first suture anchor and the second suture anchor are knotless suture anchors, and the first suture anchor includes a different knotless suture anchor design from the second suture anchor.

11 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first adjustable suture loop is not directly connected to an anchor body of either the first suture anchor or the second suture anchor.

12 . The surgical method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first adjustable suture loop is knotlessly fixated to both the first suture anchor and the second suture anchor.

13 . A surgical method, comprising:

inserting a first suture anchor into a bone;

passing a first suture of the first suture anchor through a tissue;

after inserting the first suture anchor into the bone and passing the first suture through the tissue, feeding the first suture through a loop of a first adjustable suture loop;

knotlessly securing the first adjustable suture loop relative to the first suture anchor;

tensioning the first suture to approximate the first adjustable suture loop against the tissue;

connecting a first limb of the first adjustable suture loop to a second suture anchor; and

inserting the second suture anchor into the bone at a position that is lateral to the first suture anchor, thereby fixating the first limb relative to the bone such that the first limb extends over top of the tissue.

14 . The surgical method as recited in claim 13 , wherein knotlessly securing the first adjustable suture loop relative to the first suture anchor includes:

splicing the first suture through itself after feeding the first suture through the loop and through a shuttle device of the first suture anchor.

15 . The surgical method as recited in claim 14 , wherein tensioning the first suture to approximate the first adjustable suture loop against the tissue occurs after splicing the first suture through itself.

16 . The surgical method as recited in claim 14 , wherein splicing the first suture through itself establishes a suture loop that is looped around the loop of the first adjustable suture loop.

17 . The surgical method as recited in claim 13 , wherein tensioning the first suture pulls the tissue laterally over top of the first suture anchor.

18 . The surgical method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the first suture anchor is a first knotless suture anchor that includes a shuttle device and the second suture anchor is a second knotless suture anchor.

19 . The surgical method as recited in claim 13 , comprising:

inserting a third suture anchor into the bone;

passing a second suture of the third suture anchor through the tissue;

feeding the second suture through a loop of a second adjustable suture loop; and

knotlessly securing the second adjustable suture loop relative to the third suture anchor.

20 . The surgical method as recited in claim 19 , comprising:

connecting a second limb of the second adjustable suture loop to the second suture anchor before inserting the second suture anchor into the bone.

21 . The surgical method as recited in claim 20 , comprising:

connecting a third limb of the second adjustable suture loop to a fourth suture anchor; and

inserting the fourth suture anchor into the bone at a position that is lateral to the third suture anchor.

22 . A surgical method, comprising:

inserting a first suture anchor into a bone;

passing a first suture of the first suture anchor through a tissue;

after inserting the first suture anchor into the bone and passing the first suture through the tissue, feeding the first suture through a loop of a first adjustable suture loop;

after feeding the first suture through the loop of the first adjustable suture loop, feeding the first suture through a shuttle device of the first suture anchor;

after feeding the first suture through the shuttle device, tensioning a free end of the shuttle device to splice the first suture through itself and thereby knotlessly secure the first adjustable suture loop relative to the first suture anchor;

tensioning the first suture to approximate the first adjustable suture loop against the tissue;

connecting a first limb of the first adjustable suture loop to a second suture anchor; and

after connecting the first limb to the second suture anchor, inserting the second suture anchor into the bone at a position that is lateral to the first suture anchor, thereby fixating the first limb relative to the bone such that the first limb extends over top of the tissue.