Patent ID: 8348960

Claim:
A method of positioning tissue within the body, comprising the steps of: providing a suture/button construct having an oblong button with at least one eyelet and a flexible suture strand attached to the at least one eyelet; attaching the tissue to be positioned to the suture/button construct; providing an instrument for attaching and engaging the suture button construct, the instrument comprising a handle, a shaft with a distal end, an inner rod movable within the shaft and having a distal end positionable to extend beyond the distal end of the shaft, and a securing mechanism; engaging the oblong button of the suture/button construct to the distal end of the inner rod extending beyond the distal end of the shaft of the instrument by inserting the distal end of the inner rod into a corresponding recess provided in an end of the oblong button, so that the oblong button extends outwardly from the distal end of the shaft in longitudinal alignment with the shaft; securing the flexible suture strand to the securing mechanism of the instrument; and advancing the instrument with the suture/button construct through a socket or tunnel in a bone.