Patent ID: 8628530

Claim:
A method for installing a bone pin to extend from an external fixation device into a bone, wherein the method comprises: forming an insertion hole in soft tissue outwardly adjacent the bone; inserting a tubular portion of a drill guide to extend through an internal mounting surface within a housing of the external fixation device and to extend through the insertion hole; inserting a tube holder over the tubular portion of the drill guide to engage the internal mounting surface of the housing; inserting the bone pin to extend to a surface of the bone through a hole within the tubular portion of the drill guide; driving the bone pin into engagement within the bone; removing the tubular portion and the tube holder from the insertion hole and from the internal mounting surface of the housing; and inserting a pin holder to hold the bone pin within the internal mounting surface of the housing; and clamping the pin holder in place within the internal mounting surface of the housing.