Suture anchor cartridge

1. A suture anchor cartridge, comprising:

a rectangular case, including:

a rectangular lid portion; and

a rectangular bottom portion, the bottom portion including an opening, and

the rectangular lid portion being slidably connected with the bottom portion;

a suture anchor suspended in the opening in the bottom portion, the suture anchor being held at a distal end and at a proximal end by the suture anchor cartridge; and

a suture-threading loop disposed within a bottom surface of the bottom portion,

wherein the rectangular lid portion extends over at least part of a top surface of the bottom portion and along at least two lateral sides of the bottom portion.

2. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , wherein both free ends of the suture-threading loop are knotted to the rectangular lid portion.

3. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 2 , wherein the suture-threading loop passes underneath the rectangular lid portion after the rectangular lid portion is slid forward.

4. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 2 , wherein the suture-threading loop passes through an eyelet disposed in the distal end of the suture anchor.

5. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising a slot in the bottom portion aligned with a body of the suture anchor and terminating at the proximal end of the suture anchor.

6. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising a slot disposed on a bottom surface of the bottom portion which receives the suture-threading loop.

7. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 6 , wherein the rectangular case, the suture anchor, and the suture-threading loop are sterile.

8. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising a sterile packaging unit.

9. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the suture anchor held by the suture anchor cartridge is breakable at a predetermined point.

10. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising a clip disposed on the bottom surface of the bottom portion for attachment to a driver shaft.

11. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the rectangular lid portion and the bottom portion form the rectangular case, the rectangular case holding the suture-threading loop and the suture anchor.

12. A suture anchor cartridge, comprising:

a rectangular case extending along a longitudinal direction, including:

a rectangular bottom case, the bottom case including a through opening and a thread slot;

a top case extending substantially halfway along the rectangular case, the top case being slidably connected with the bottom case;

a suture anchor held in the through opening of the bottom case, the suture anchor being held at a distal end and at a proximal end by the bottom case portion; and

a suture-threading loop disposed within the thread slot of the bottom portion, the suture threading loop passing though an eyelet in the suture anchor,

wherein both free ends of the suture-threading loop are knotted to the top case portion.

13. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 12 , wherein the distal end of the suture anchor held by the bottom case is breakable from the bottom case at a predetermined point.

14. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 12 , wherein the bottom case is mountable to a driver shaft of a driver device for insertion of the suture anchor.

15. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 12 , wherein the top case extends in a lateral direction beyond the bottom case, the lateral direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

16. The suture anchor cartridge of claim 12 , wherein the top case includes another through opening aligned with the through opening of the bottom case portion.