Patent ID: 7063703

Claim:
A method comprising providing a system comprising a surgical instrument having a bore extending therethrough accommodating passage of a guide pin instrument and including a handle attachment site, a guide pin instrument sized and configured for passage through the bore of the surgical instrument, and a handle separate from the surgical instrument and the guide pin instrument including an attachment component configured to selectively engage or disengage the handle attachment site of the surgical instrument, and a passageway extending through the handle from the attachment component and accommodating passage of the guide pin instrument through the handle to accommodate sliding the handle over and relative to the guide pin instrument when selectively engaging or disengaging the attachment component and the handle attachment site, deploying the guide pin instrument into a soft tissue region, slidably advancing the surgical instrument over and relative to the guide pin instrument, slidably advancing the handle over and relative to the guide pin instrument toward the surgical instrument to engage the attachment component with the handle attachment site, manipulating the handle to manipulate the surgical instrument over and relative to the guide pin instrument in the soft tissue region, and slidably withdrawing the handle over and relative to the guide pin instrument away from the surgical instrument to disengage the attachment component from the handle attachment site and separate the handle from the guide pin instrument.