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Figure 18 illustrates an exemplary system 1800 configured to generate one or more patient specific instruments configured to correct a bone condition, according to one embodiment. "Bone condition" refers to any of a variety of conditions of bones of a patient. Bone conditions may be caused by or result from deformities, misalignment, malrotation, fractures, joint failure, and/or the like. A bone condition includes, but is not limited to, any angular deformities of one or more bone segments in either the lower or upper extremities (for example, tibial deformities, calcaneal deformities, femoral deformities, and radial deformities). "Malrotation" refers to a condition in which a part, typically a part of a patient's body has rotated from a normal position to an unnormal or uncommon position. The system 1800 may include an apparatus 1802 configured to accept, review, receive or reference a bone model 1804 and provide a patient specific cutting guide 1806. In one embodiment, the apparatus 1802 is a computing device. In another embodiment, the apparatus 1802 may be a combination of computing devices and/or software components or a single software component such as a software application.

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