Patent ID: 7803173

Claim:
A method of conducting arthroscopic surgery, comprising the steps of: providing a suture chain comprising a plurality of suture loops, at least one of the plurality of suture loops having a perimeter which is approximately equal to that of another of the plurality of suture loops, the suture chain being formed of a series of successive serial loops, wherein each of the plurality of suture loops is formed by lacing an end of the suture through itself a first time, thereby forming the loop and a junction, and then by lacing the end of the suture through itself a second time at the junction thereby creating an interlaced junction; securing one end of the suture chain to anchoring tissue with a first fixation device; capturing repair tissue with the suture chain; and approximating the captured repair tissue to the anchoring tissue by securing the other end of the suture chain to the anchoring tissue with a second fixation device.