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The landmark registration feature 1028 serves to facilitate registration of a guide 1020 to a surface of a bone and/or to one or more landmarks of one or more bones. In one embodiment, the landmark registration features 1028 can be configured to engage a cortical surface of a bone. The resection guide 1020 can include one, two, or more landmark registration features 1028. In the illustrated embodiment, the resection guide 1020 may include two landmark registration features 1028. The landmark registration features 1028 can extend from one or more sides of the resection guide 1020. In the illustrated embodiment, the landmark registration features 1028 extend from the anterior side 1034 and/or the posterior side 1036. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the landmark registration features 1028 can have various lengths, widths, and thicknesses. Advantageously, the landmark registration features 1028 can also include a bone engagement surface 1026 that may extend a bone engagement surface 1026 on bone engagement surface 1026 of the resection guide 1020.

Added by DJM Jan 2024