PRESS FIT SUTURE ANCHOR AND INSERTER ASSEMBLY

A sterile suture anchor and insertion kit with the suture anchor having a cylindrical body portion with a generally tapered distal end portion and fl at end. A plurality of parallel longitudinal grooves are cut into the cylind rical body and a connecting throughgoing bore is cut through the cylindrical body engaging the plurality of longitudinal grooves. An inserter driver is adapted to be mounted to the suture anchor, the driver comprising a handle w ith a drive shaft mounted to the handle, and a slideable sleeve mounted on t he drive shaft which holds the suture anchor. A guide member comprising a ha ndle with a hollow sleeve extending therefrom is used to hold a punch agains t the area on which a blind bore is formed to form the blind bore after whic h the inserter driver is mounted in the guide member sleeve to guide the sli deable sleeve of the inserter driver and associated suture anchor into the b lind bore.