Patent ID: 8632569

Claim:
A fibrous tissue repair device for repairing a defect in soft tissue comprising: a first anchor extending along a first longitudinal axis between a first planar end face and a second planar end face of the first anchor, the first and second planar end faces being transverse to the first longitudinal axis, the first anchor defining a first longitudinal passage; a first inserter having a first elongated shaft with a distal portion received in the first longitudinal passage of the first anchor, the first inserter having an integral buttress transverse to the first elongated shaft for abutting on the first planar end face of the first anchor, the distal portion extending distally from the buttress to a distal piercing end, the distal piercing end extending distally beyond the second planar end face of the first anchor upon the first planar end face of the first anchor abutting the buttress; a second anchor extending along a second longitudinal axis between a first planar end face and a second planar end face of the second anchor, the first and second planar end faces being transverse to the second longitudinal axis, the second anchor defining a second longitudinal passage; a second inserter having a second elongated shaft with a distal portion received in the second longitudinal passage of the second anchor, the second inserter having an integral buttress transverse to the second elongated shaft for abutting on the first planar end face of the second anchor, the distal portion extending distally from the buttress to a distal piercing end, the distal piercing end extending distally beyond the second planar end face of the second anchor upon the first planar end face of the second anchor abutting the buttress; and a flexible strand coupling the first and second anchors.