An apparatus for tissue repair includes first and second fixation members
configured to secure tissue together, a flexible coupling member coupling
the first and second fixation members, a first flexible pull member
attached to the first fixation member but not the second fixation member,
and a second flexible pull member attached to the second fixation member
but not the first fixation member. A surgical method for repairing a
wound in a rotator cuff includes forming a first and second channel
through tissue, advancing a first flexible member and a first fixation
member coupled thereto through the first channel, advancing a second
flexible member and a second fixation member coupled thereto through the
second channel, and pulling a third flexible member coupling the first
and second fixation members to shorten a length of the third flexible
member between the first and second fixation members. A surgical method
includes pulling a first implant through soft tissue of a rotator cuff
cross a tear in the tissue to position the first implant on a first side
of the tear and a second implant, coupled to the first implant by a
flexible coupling member, on a second side of the tear with the flexible
coupling member traversing the tear, and pulling the flexible coupling
member to shorten a length of the flexible coupling member between the
first and second implants to move the implants against the soft tissue to
close the tear.