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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Adriaan Kuyler, Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
W. Bret Smith, Durango, CO (US);
Madeline Lindemann, Palm Coast, FL (US);
Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jason May, St. John's, FL (US);
Robert D. Santrock, Morgantown, WV (US);
Mark Erik Easley, Durham, NC (US);
Paul Dayton, Ankeny, IA (US);
Jody Mcaleer, Jefferson City, MO (US);
William T. Decarbo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel J. Hatch, Greeley, CO (US);
Steve Norton, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of modifying a bone surface for receiving an implant includes: positioning a contour guide at a first bone and a second bone and across a separation between the first bone and the second bone; using the contour guide to modify a surface region of at least one of the first bone and the second bone to form a modified surface region at one or both of the first bone and the second bone; and positioning an implant in contact at least with the modified surface region.