Patent ID: 8623051

Claim:
A tissue repair device comprising: a closed loop of multifilament flexible material, wherein the loop is knotless and includes a contact portion in which ends of the multifilament flexible material are interwoven and form a blended region having a uniform or homogenous composition when energy sufficient to melt or liquefy the ends is supplied to the ends of the multifilament flexible material; a rigid fixation member having a structure that defines first and second through holes, the first through hole receiving a first part of the closed loop of multifilament flexible material and the second through hole receiving a second part of the closed loop of multifilament flexible material; and a flexible member slidably received through the contact portion of the closed loop and having an end that passes through an opening defined in a second fixation member and passes through a region of the flexible member that has not been passed through the second fixation member to form a second, knotless closed loop to secure the second fixation member to the flexible member.