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Abstract

A toggle wedge is hereof depicted that serves as a suture anchor in bone or soft tissue to which further soft tissue can be sutured in close opposition thereto which wedge is made up of a top portion characterized by the presence of a barbed tip, three smooth sides, one side with two paired suture entry holes in its upper portion, a centrally located suture exit hole at the bottom of this upper portion, an outwardly inclined stop face separating this side's upper portion and this sides lower portion, a tooth centered on the bottom portion of a rounded notch cut into the lower part of this lower portion and a base containing a centrally located suture entry hole and two paired suture exit holes found in an inclined portion of the base.

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