Patent ID: 9700325
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of customizing a bone preparation guide to correspond to a specific bone geometry of each one of a plurality of different patients, the method comprising: analyzing a first patient's specific bone geometry; developing a first pre-operative plan based on the first patient's specific bone geometry, a first patient-specific surface of a first patient-specific guide insert is designed based on the first pre-operative plan; coupling the first patient-specific guide insert to a guide body, the guide body including a plurality of bone locators connected thereto that are configured to be positioned by the first patient-specific surface of the guide insert to define a first patient-specific bone engaging surface of the guide corresponding to the first patient's specific bone geometry; positioning the guide body against the first patient's bone at a predetermined location corresponding to the first patient-specific bone engaging surface defined by the plurality of bone locators as positioned by the first guide insert; and guiding at least one of a first cutting instrument or a first guide to the first patient's bone using the guide.