Patent ID: 8277458

Claim:
A method of arthroscopic repair of a rotator cuff using a bone drill having a drill shaft and a removable drill bit tip, said method comprising: positioning the bone drill relative to the rotator cuff and a humeral head; drilling a bone tunnel through the humeral head with the bone drill, the bone tunnel extending between a first end of the bone tunnel and a second end of the bone tunnel opposite to the first end; disengaging the drill bit tip from the drill shaft and positioning the drill bit tip at the second end of the bone tunnel; passing a suture through the bone tunnel such that the suture extends between the first end and the second end; securing a first portion of the suture to an aperture formed in the drill bit tip positioned at the second end of the bone tunnel; and securing a second portion of the suture relative to the rotator cuff proximate to the first end of the bone tunnel.