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Those of skill in the art will appreciate that varies aspects of the pin guide 2200 can be configured and/or customized to meet the needs of a particular patient, surgeon for a surgical procedure. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one of the arm 2206 and the bone engagement feature 2208 can include one or more patient-specific features. These patient-specific features may be defined at least in part based on a bone model of the bone the pin guide 2200 will be used with. For example, a distance of a fastener 2216 from an osteotomy can be controlled and/or set by defining a length of the body 2210. An angle of entry for a fastener 2216 can be controlled by way of an angle of a resection feature 2022 and/or an angle of a coupler 2212 and/or a fin 2218 relative to an angle of a bone engagement feature 2208 used for deployment of the fastener 2216. Advantageously, each of these angles, configurations, aspects, and/or features can be customized and designed in a model of the pin guide 2200 before the pin guide 2200 is fabricated for use. These angles, configurations, aspects, and/or features may be patient-specific features for a pin guide 2200.

Added by DJM Jan 2024