Bone anchor delivery system device with sutures

1. A bone anchor delivery system device comprises:

a handle;

an elongated drive shaft fixed to the handle, the drive shaft having a hollow stem extending from the handle to a leading end, the leading end having a tip portion, the tip portion having a pair of openings for receiving sutures and at least one flat surface extending along the tip portion lengthwise to rotationally fix a bone anchor to the drive shaft;

a bone anchor having a hollow end opening for attachment on said tip portion, the bone anchor having a first pair of suture openings, the first pair of suture openings being within a thread channel formed by two adjacent threads, the openings of the first pair being within 90 degrees of the other and extending into the hollow end opening;

a suture threaded and looped through the first pair of suture openings, the suture extending from the bone anchor through one of the openings of the tip portion internally through the hollow stem; and

wherein the bone anchor has a second pair of openings for receiving a second suture, the second pair being within the thread channel formed by two adjacent threads being similarly spaced relative to the first pair, but on opposite sides of the bone anchor, and the second suture threaded through the second pair of openings and similarly extending from the bone anchor through the opposite opening of the tip portion internally through the hollow stem, wherein only a loop portion of each of the sutures is exposed externally in the thread channel, the exposed loop portion extending 90 degrees or less circumferentially externally around the channel from which the suture is held to the bone anchor.

2. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 1 wherein the bone anchor has the two pairs of suture openings, each opening of one pair being radially aligned with an opening of another pair.

3. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 1 wherein the bone anchor has the two pairs of suture openings, each opening of one pair being radially offset relative to the openings of another pair.

4. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 1 wherein the bone anchor has the two pairs of suture openings, each opening of one pair being linearly aligned with an opening of another pair.

5. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 1 wherein the bone anchor has the two pairs of suture openings, each opening of one pair being linearly offset relative to the openings of another pair.

6. A bone anchor delivery system device comprises:

a handle assembly having an upper handle portion and a lower handle portion, the upper and lower handle portions being rotatable relative to the other;

a bone anchor driver assembly for rotatably driving a bone anchor, the bone anchor driver assembly being fixed to one of said upper or lower handle portions, the driver assembly having an elongated drive shaft fixed to the handle, the drive shaft having a hollow stem extending from the handle to a leading end, the leading end having a tip portion, the tip portion having a pair of openings for receiving sutures and at least one flat surface extending along the tip portion lengthwise to rotationally fix a bone anchor to the drive shaft, the bone anchor having a hollow end opening for attachment on said tip portion, the bone anchor having a first pair of suture openings, the first pair of suture openings being within a thread channel formed by two adjacent threads, the openings of the first pair being within 90 degrees of the other and extending into the hollow end opening, a suture threaded and looped through the first pair of suture openings, the suture extending from the bone anchor through one of the openings of the tip portion internally through the hollow stem, and wherein the bone anchor has a second pair of openings for receiving a second suture, the second pair being within the thread channel formed by two adjacent threads being similarly spaced relative to the first pair, but on opposite sides of the bone anchor, and the second suture threaded through the second pair of openings and similarly extending from the bone anchor through the opposite opening of the tip portion internally through the hollow stem, wherein only a loop portion of each of the sutures is exposed externally in the thread channel, the exposed loop portion extending 90 degrees or less circumferentially externally around the channel from which the suture is held to the bone anchor; and

wherein rotation of the handle portion fixed to the driver allows the other handle portion to be held non-rotatably for stabilization of the device.

7. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 6 wherein the upper handle portion is fixed to the driver assembly.

8. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 6 wherein the upper handle portion has an impact end for receiving blows from a mallet and the driver assembly has a leading end having the bone anchor positioned on a sharpened metal pointed tip for penetrating bone to form an anchor opening.

9. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 8 wherein the bone anchor is releasable relative to the driver assembly.

10. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 9 wherein the bone anchor driver assembly further non-rotatably holds the bone anchor, said bone anchor being releasably held on said driver assembly, and wherein after being driven into said anchor opening, the driver assembly is withdrawn releasing said bone anchor fixed to said bone opening.

11. The bone anchor delivery system device of claim 10 wherein the bone anchor has threads and is rotatably driven into the bone opening.