Patent ID: 8858634

Claim:
A device for attaching soft tissue to a bone or a prosthetic implant, the device comprising: a clamp comprising a porous metallic material, the clamp including a first surface, a convex tissue engaging surface opposite the first surface, and a throughhole extending from the first surface to the convex tissue engaging surface; and a fastener dimensioned for placement in the throughhole, the fastener being dimensioned to engage a surface of the clamp, the soft tissue and the bone or the prosthetic implant such that the soft tissue is compressed between the tissue engaging surface and the bone or the prosthetic implant, wherein the convex tissue engaging surface of the clamp has a first curvature, the bone or the prosthetic implant includes a depression of a second curvature, and the first curvature is greater than the second curvature, and wherein the clamp is configured such that a gap between the tissue engaging surface of the clamp and a concave surface of the depression of the bone or the prosthetic implant is bigger near a periphery of the clamp and smaller centrally near the fastener when the soft tissue is compressed between the tissue engaging surface and the bone or the prosthetic implant, and wherein the clamp is adapted to compress the soft tissue between the tissue engaging surface of the clamp and the concave surface of the depression of the bone.