US 12,251,116 B1
Method of performing bunion surgery
Neal Blitz, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Voom Medical Devices, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/211,165, filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1682 (2013.01) [A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing surgery on a patient having an affected foot including a surgical target site comprising a bunion at or near a base of an affected metatarsal bone of the big toe of the patient's foot, comprising the steps of:
positioning the patient's affected foot in an operable position on an operating table;
making a first incision near a metatarsal head at the distal end of the affected metatarsal bone, the first incision being formed at an oblique angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the affected foot;
making a second incision near the proximal end of the affected metatarsal bone, the second incision formed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the affected foot;
advancing a cutting instrument through the first incision to cut the affected metatarsal bone;
medially translating the metatarsal head into a corrective alignment;
securing the realigned bone in place by advancing one or more fixation members toward the surgical target site;
cutting and removing overhanging prominent redundant bone by advancing a bone removal instrument through the first incision so that the bone removal instrument contacts the overhanging prominent redundant bone;
removing the bone removal instrument from the first incision; and
closing the first and second incisions.