Soft suture anchor

1. A method of anchoring suture to bone, with an anchor set at a target location, comprising:

a. creating a pilot hole in said bone;

b. providing an insertion tool sized to enter said pilot hole and having a tip;

c. providing a soft anchor construct, including:

i. a cross-member suture, comprising braided suture material;

ii. a cinching suture, having a first end and a second end;

iii. wherein said cinching suture extends from said first end to said cross-member suture, and traverses through said cross-member suture at a first central point;

iv. wherein said cinching suture extends from said first central point to a first intermediate point, that is displaced in a first direction from said first central point, and traverses said cross-member suture at said first intermediate point;

v. wherein said cinching suture further extends from said first intermediate point to a first lateral point, that is displaced from said first intermediate point in said first direction and traverses through said cross-member suture at said first lateral point;

vi. wherein said cinching suture further extends from said first lateral point to a second lateral point, opposed to said first lateral point, and traverses through said cross-member suture at said second lateral point;

vii. wherein said cinching suture further extends from said second lateral point to a second intermediate point, that is displaced in said first direction from said second lateral point and traverses through said cross-member suture at said second intermediate point;

viii. wherein said cinching suture further extends from said second intermediate point to a second central point, that is displaced in said first direction from said second intermediate point, and traverses said cross-member suture at said second intermediate point; and

ix. wherein said cinching suture further extends from said second central point to said second end, said cinching suture not traversing said cross-member suture in any further locations, other than as stated above, and traversing each said location a single time only;

d. using said insertion tool tip to engage said cross-member suture between said first and second central points and to push said suture construct to said target location in said pilot hole;

e. while holding said suture construct in place with said insertion tool, pulling on said ends of said cinching suture until said cross-member suture and portions of said cinching suture that are engaged to said cross-member suture cinch up into a ball, thereby setting into said pilot hole at said target location.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said target location is at the bottom of said pilot hole.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cross-member suture has a greater diameter than said cinching suture.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cross-member suture is a #5 suture.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cinching suture is a #2 suture.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cross-member suture has a diameter at least 1.2 times that of the diameter of said cinching suture.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cross-member suture comprises polyester.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cinching suture comprises ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cross-member suture is a round braided suture.