A device for attaching connective tissue to bone has a longitudinal axis
and comprises an annular toggle member and a body member disposed
distally of the toggle member, such that there is an axial space between
the toggle member and the body member. The toggle member is movable
between an undeployed position wherein the toggle member has a smaller
profile in a direction transverse to the axis and a deployed position
wherein the toggle member has a larger profile in the direction
transverse to the axis. When installed in a desired procedural site, in
suitable bone, suturing material extends axially through a center
aperture in the annular toggle member, without being secured to or
contacting the toggle member. This approach permits a suture attachment
which lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface, and which further
permit the attachment of suture to the bone anchor without the necessity
for tying knots, which is particularly arduous and technically demanding
in the case of arthroscopic procedures.