Patent ID: 7569059

Claim:
A method for performing a surgical repair, comprising: providing a first hole in a body portion; positioning a first portion of a guide relative to the first hole, the first portion extending at least partially into the first hole; forming a second hole transverse to the first hole using a second portion of the guide so that the second hole is aligned with the second portion of the guide and intersects with the first hole and forms a passageway with the first hole through the body portion; using the first and second portions of the guide, while the first and second portions of the guide remain fixed in place relative to each other and relative to the first and second holes, to provide a suture through the passageway by providing the suture through a passage extending along a length of the first or second portion of the guide and into the passageway and retrieving the suture using the other of the first or second portion; securing a repair suture to a material to be secured relative to the body portion; positioning at least a portion of the repair suture in the passageway; and securing the material relative to the body portion using the repair suture.