Patent ID: 7955341

Claim:
A surgical apparatus comprising: a guide apparatus constructed and arranged to be used in an arthroscopic procedure and to interact with a passageway through a bone formed by transverse, intersecting first and second holes, the first and second holes each being generally straight and leading into the bone from different positions, the guide apparatus including: first and second guide members each having distal and proximal ends, the first guide member having a first passage extending to the distal end of the first guide member, the second guide member having a second passage extending to the distal end of the second guide member, the distal ends of the first and second guide members being straight and the first and second passages being straight at the distal ends of the first and second guide members, the first guide member being constructed and arranged to be placed at a respective first arthroscopic passage and be selectively positioned at a site, the second guide member being constructed and arranged to be placed at a respective second arthroscopic passage that is different from the first arthroscopic passage and be selectively positioned at the site; a reference structure constructed and arranged to engage with the first and second guide members so that the first and second guide members are positioned in respective first and second positions relative to the reference structure with the first and second passages of the first and second guide members being transverse to each other; and a suture retriever movably arranged in the passage of the first or second guide member to extend from the distal end of the guide member, engage suture in the bone passageway, and retrieve the suture to the distal end of the guide member with the distal end of the guide member in the bone; wherein the distal end of the first guide member is arranged to be placed into the first hole so as to orient the first guide member, the reference structure and the second guide member relative to the bone for the second passage to guide a bone perforator in the formation of the second hole, wherein the second guide member is arranged to guide the bone perforator to form the second hole to be coaxial with the second passage, and wherein the passage of the first or second guide member is arranged to provide suture into the bone passageway for the suture retriever to extend from the distal end of the other guide member without suture being engaged with the suture retriever, engage the suture in the bone passageway and retrieve the suture to the distal end of the other guide member while the distal end of the other guide member is in the bone.