Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same

A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue, which comprises:

• a first tissue anchor having a first plate with a major face and a plurality of first barbs projecting from the major face of the first plate;
• a second tissue anchor having a second plate with a first major face, a second major face, and a plurality of second barbs projecting from one of the first and second major faces of the second plate;
• an axial bore extending through the second plate between the first and second major faces of the second plate and along the length of the second plate;
• the second plate having a gripping structure extending into the axial bore;
• a suture having a first end fixedly joined to the first plate and a second free end passable through the axial bore extending through the second plate, wherein the gripping structure provided in the axial bore allows the suture to move through the axial bore in a first direction only while preventing movement of the suture through the axial bore in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue, which comprises:

• a first tissue anchor having a first plate with a major face and a plurality of first barbs projecting from the major face;
• a second tissue anchor having a second plate with a first major face, a second major face, and a plurality of second barbs projecting from one of the first and second major faces of the second plate, wherein the first plate is larger than the second plate and the first barbs on the first plate are longer than the second barbs on the second plate;
• an axial bore extending through the second plate between the first and second major faces of the second plate and along the length of the second plate;
• the second plate having ratchet teeth extending from diametrically opposed sides of the axial bore;
• a suture having a first end fixedly joined to the first plate and a second free end passable through the axial bore in the second plate, wherein the ratchet teeth engage the suture for allowing the suture to move through the axial bore in a first direction only while preventing movement of the suture through the axial bore in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.