Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone

A repair device system for fixating soft tissue to bone, the repair device system comprising:

• a delivery instrument including a handle and a shaft extending between a delivery instrument distal end and a delivery instrument proximal end, the shaft being elongated to define a delivery instrument axis and the shaft having a through hole extending longitudinally along the delivery instrument axis to the delivery instrument distal end;
• a guidewire configured to be associated with the delivery instrument and configured to be positioned in the through hole of the delivery instrument;
• a bone anchor having an elongated structure extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the bone anchor defining a bone anchor axis extending along the elongated structure, the bone anchor defining a hole therein extending between the proximal end and the distal end and along the bone anchor axis;
• a soft tissue anchor having a base with multiple legs extending from the base so as to extend toward the bone anchor, the base having a central opening defined therein;
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• one or more flexible members extending to couple the soft tissue anchor to the bone anchor, the one or more flexible members being sized and configured to substantially maintain the soft tissue anchor to be spaced relative to the bone anchor at a fixed pre-determined distance;
• wherein the guidewire is configured to be temporarily associated with the bone anchor and the soft tissue anchor such that, upon the delivery instrument distal end being positioned against the proximal end of the bone anchor with the shaft of the delivery instrument positioned within the central opening of the soft tissue anchor, the guidewire is positionable along the delivery instrument axis and within the through hole of the delivery instrument axis such that the guidewire extends and is moveable through the central opening of the soft tissue anchor and the hole of the bone anchor;
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• wherein, as the bone anchor is moved into the bone, the one or more flexible members extend taut between the bone anchor and the soft tissue anchor so that the bone anchor and the soft tissue anchor simultaneously move in a common direction so that the soft tissue anchor is seated into the soft tissue.