Paragraph Number

130

FIG. 50 also depicts the anchor 500 of FIGS. 42-48 preloaded with first and second suture threaders 630, 610. In this example, the first threader 630 is extended and a tube 632, like the tube 370 of FIG. 26, is placed over the extended portion of the suture threader 630. The tube may, for example, be used to protect, confine, separate, or otherwise aid in suture management as previously described relative to the example of FIG. 26. In the example of FIG. 50, the proximal end of the tube includes an enlarged cylindrical portion 634 that is sized to press over the distal end of the anchor body to releasably join the tube 632 to the anchor. The distal loop portion 636 of the first threader extends out the distal end of the tube 632. As in the example of FIG. 26, the tube 632 is preferably frangible. For example, the tube is preferably longitudinally splitable.

Added by DJM 9 2021