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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Paul Dayton, Fort Dodge, IA (US);
Robert D. Santrock, Morgantown, WV (US);
Daniel J. Hatch, Greeley, CO (US);
W. Bret Smith, Lexington, SC (US);
Carlos Eduardo Gil, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Joe William Ferguson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US);
John T. Treace, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of correcting an alignment between bones of a foot may involve positioning a first cutting slot of a bone cutting guide over a first metatarsal and inserting a first fixation pin through a first fixation aperture of the bone cutting guide and into the first metatarsal. The method may also involve inserting a cutting member through the first cutting slot to remove a portion of the first metatarsal and adjusting an alignment of the first metatarsal relative to a first cuneiform. In some examples, the method further includes positioning a second cutting slot of the bone cutting guide over the first cuneiform and inserting a second fixation pin through a second fixation aperture of bone cutting guide into the first cuneiform. The method can involve inserting a cutting member through the second cutting slot to remove a portion of the first cuneiform and causing the first metatarsal to fuse to the first cuneiform in the moved position.