BACKGROUND

Surgery is frequently required to re-attach a torn or separated tendon to the bone to which the tendon would normally be attached. Shoulder rotator cuff injuries, for example, typically involve damage to the rotator cuff tendon such that the tendon or a portion thereof requires reattachment to the humerus. Such damage may be repaired by re-attaching the rotator cuff tendon to the humerus by a suture fixation so that the body's normal healing processes can naturally effect re-attachment of the tendon to the bone. Broadly speaking, suture fixation has many applications for securing one body portion relative to another or relative to a surgical implant, or other device.

