Patent ID: 8454704

Claim:
A method for treating pincer-type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), the method comprising: detaching the labrum from the overgrown acetabular portion which is to be removed in order to alleviate the impingement; removing the overgrown acetabular portion in order to alleviate the impingement, thereby providing a newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface; grasping the detached labrum with a grasper; while holding the detached labrum over the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface with the grasper, extending a guide pin through the grasper, through the detached labrum and into the acetabulum at the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface; advancing an anchor, having a length of suture trailing therefrom, down the guide pin, through the grasper, through the labrum, through the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface and into the acetabulum beneath the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface, so that a first portion of the suture extends out of the acetabulum at the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface and through the labrum at a first location; and securing a second portion of the suture to the acetabulum at the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface, such that a loop of suture extends from the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface, through the labrum and back to the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface, whereby to secure the labrum to the newly-trimmed acetabular rim surface.