Patent ID: 9561039
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a bone of a patient, comprising: assembling a customized patient-specific pin guide assembly by (i) locking a first removable drill bushing into a first hole of a customized patient-specific pin guide, and (ii) locking a second removable drill bushing into a second hole of the customized patient-specific pin guide, positioning the assembled customized patient-specific pin guide assembly in contact with the bone of the patient, inserting a pair of guide pins into the bone of the patient by (i) advancing a first guide pin of the pair of guide pins through the first removable drill bushing, and (ii) advancing a second guide pin of the pair of guide pins through the second removable drill bushing, removing the customized patient-specific pin guide assembly from the bone of the patient without removing the pair of guide pins from the bone of the patient, positioning a patient-universal cutting block into contact with the bone of the patient such that the pair of guide pins is received into a pair of guide pin holes defined in the patient-universal cutting block, and making a cut in the bone of the patient with the patient-universal cutting block.