Surgical clip and method

A surgical clip for connecting at least first and second bio-organic tissue members together, the clip comprising a body having two spaced legs and formed into a U-shape, each leg being substantially straight, each leg having a distal end which can be inserted into an opening in at least the first bio-organic tissue member and each having a proximal end, the proximal ends of said at least two legs being connected to corresponding ends of a deformable bridge coupling the at least two legs together, the bridge comprising two spaced apart bridge sections with a gap disposed between the bridge sections, the bridge sections being deformable by a force, the gap being changed by the force to cause the two spaced legs to move, when the legs of the clip are inserted into openings in the at least first bio-organic tissue member, into secure engagement with side walls of the openings in the at least first bio-organic tissue member, the body comprising the at least two spaced legs and the two bridge sections comprising a single piece of bio-compatible material formed from a sheet of metal in a single piece and bent into the U-shape, distal portions of the spaced legs moving closer together than proximal portions of the spaced legs when the gap between the bridge sections is increased, the legs remaining substantially straight after the cap between the bridge sections is increased without having distal portions of the spaced legs bent at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the spaced legs, thereby securely holding the two tissue members together;

• and wherein the surgical clip is adapted to couple the second bio-organic tissue member comprising a soft tissue member to the first tissue member, the deformable bridge having an underside adapted to grasp the soft tissue member, the first tissue member comprising a bone member, the soft tissue member being receivable between the underside of the deformable bridge and the bone member when the clip is provided into the openings in the bone member.