US 11,786,257 B2
Bone cutting guide systems and methods
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); and John T. Treace, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,597.
Application 17/118,597 is a continuation of application No. 16/792,880, filed on Feb. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,888,335.
Application 16/792,880 is a continuation of application No. 16/593,153, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,561,426, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 16/593,153 is a continuation of application No. 15/603,056, filed on May 23, 2017, granted, now 10,603,046, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Application 15/603,056 is a continuation of application No. 14/990,574, filed on Jan. 7, 2016, granted, now 9,687,250, issued on Jun. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/100,641, filed on Jan. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0093328 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/151 (2013.01) [A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
attaching a bone preparation guide to a metatarsal by inserting at least one metatarsal-side fixation pin through a metatarsal-side fixation pin aperture of the bone preparation guide and into the metatarsal;
attaching the bone preparation guide to a cuneiform opposite the metatarsal by inserting at least one cuneiform-side fixation pin through a cuneiform-side fixation pin aperture of the bone preparation guide and into the cuneiform, wherein inserting the at least one cuneiform-side fixation pin comprises inserting the at least one cuneiform-side fixation pin parallel to the at least one metatarsal-side fixation pin;
inserting a cutting member through a cutting slot of the bone preparation guide to cut at least one of an end portion of the metatarsal and an end portion of the cuneiform;
sliding the bone preparation guide off the at least one metatarsal-side fixation pin and off the at least one cuneiform-side fixation pin; and
applying a force to compress the metatarsal-side fixation pin and the cuneiform-side together, thereby compressing the metatarsal and the opposing cuneiform together.