Apparatus and method for joint repair

An apparatus, comprising:

• a first bolster device and a second bolster device, the second bolster device having a plate portion and a body portion, the body portion including a channel that extends through the plate portion;
• an adjustable tether extending through one or more apertures of the first bolster device and the body portion of the second bolster device, the adjustable tether having a pre-tied slideable locking knot embedded within the second bolster device, the pre-tied slideable locking knot displaceable in one direction from a first position to a second position and along the adjustable tether;
• and
• wherein the adjustable tether has a first length between the first and second bolster devices when the pre-tied slideable locking knot is at the first position, wherein the adjustable tether has a second length when the pre-tied slideable locking knot is at the second position, the second length being smaller than the first length, and wherein the pre-tied slideable locking knot is at the first position prior to insertion of the first bolster device into a passageway.

A method, comprising:

• forming, with at least a drill bit, a passageway through one or more bones;
• disconnecting the drill bit from a drill;
• coupling a lead suture to the disconnected drill bit, the lead suture coupled to a first bolster device, the first bolster device coupled to a second bolster device by an adjustable tether having a pre-tied knot at a first position along the adjustable tether within the second bolster device;
• displacing, via displacement of the drill bit, the lead suture and the first bolster device through the passageway;
• and
• sliding, after displacing the first bolster device through the passageway, the pre-tied knot along the adjustable tether from the first position to a second position, a length of the adjustable tether between the first bolster device and the pre-tied knot being reduced as the pre-tied knot is slid from the first position to the second position.