Soft tissue cleat
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Feb 21, 2006
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Sep 25, 2001
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A method and soft tissue cleat device for improving the repair of soft tissue damage. A disc having projections pierces soft tissue and securely joins with a second disc to coapt the interposed soft tissue. This provides an increased pull-out strength of the suture and resistance to shear stresses, improving the quality of the repair. The present invention may be used with any bone fixation devices to reattach soft tissue to bone, and may also be used to rejoin soft tissues after a tear in the tissue.
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