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Next, the method 1100 may design 1110 a patient-specific cutting guide model based on the preliminary cutting guide model. The design step 1110 may be completely automated or may optionally permit a user to make changes to a preliminary cutting guide model or partially completed patient-specific cutting guide model before the patient-specific cutting guide model is complete. A preliminary cutting guide model and patient-specific cutting guide model are two examples of an instrument model. As used herein, "instrument model" refers to a model, either physical or digital, that represents an instrument, tool, apparatus, or device. Examples, of an instrument model can include a cutting guide model, a patient-specific cutting guide model, and the like. In one embodiment, a patient-specific cutting guide and a patient-specific cutting guide model may be unique to a particular patient and that patient’s anatomy and/or condition.

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