Patent ID: 9131945
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure, the method comprising: aligning a customized patient-specific guide block with a first prosthetic component implanted in an end of a bone of a patient, attaching the customized patient-specific guide block to the first prosthetic component in a unique location and orientation on the end of the bone, advancing a guide pin through a guide pin hole of the customized patient-specific guide block into the bone when the customized patient-specific guide block is positioned on the first prosthetic component, detaching the customized patient-specific guide block from the first prosthetic component and the end of the bone while leaving the guide pin secured to the bone, removing the first prosthetic component from the end of the bone, engaging an alignment block with the guide pin to position a cutting block on the bone, and resecting the end of the bone using the cutting block to guide the resection.