Patent ID: 9622760
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of attaching a jig to a bone during a surgery, the method comprising the steps of: providing a surgical orthopedic pin with a shaft and a restraining device separate from and carried by the shaft, the restraining device comprising a resilient member that is compressible to press radially outwardly from the shaft; providing a cutting jig with a bore; driving the surgical orthopedic pin into the bone from a first, inoperative position outside the bone, at which the restraining device is disposed within a bore of the jig, and compressing the restraining device in a radial direction at the first position, to a second, operative position in the bone spaced from the first position, in which the pin holds the jig to the bone; and retracting the surgical orthopedic pin out of the bone from the second, operative position in the bone so as to loosen the jig.