Patent ID: 7771441

Claim:
A method for surgical repair, comprising: forming a first hole into a bone; positioning a distal end of a first guide into the first hole to locate the first guide and an attached reference structure relative to the bone, the first guide having a first passage that extends to the distal end of the first guide; providing a suture retriever in the first passage of the first guide; positioning a second guide, which is movably mounted to the reference structure, relative to the bone so that a distal end of the second guide is adjacent the bone; forming a second hole in the bone using a perforator that is guided in movement by a passage of the second guide while the distal end of the first guide is positioned in the first hole, the second hole being transverse to and intersecting with the first hole and forming a passageway through the bone; providing a suture into the passage of the second guide so that the suture extends into the second hole while the first and second guides remain in communication with the first and second holes; and retrieving the suture from the second hole by moving the suture retriever in the first passage of the first guide so a distal end of the suture retriever extends from the distal end of the first guide to engage with the suture, and moving the suture retriever in the first passage with the engaged suture to draw the suture to the distal end of the first guide while the distal end of the first guide remains in the first hole.