US 11,931,047 B2
Osteotomy procedure for correcting bone misalignment
F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US); Joe W. Ferguson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); Carlos Eduardo Gil, Memphis, TN (US); Tyler Hissong, Jacksonville, FL (US); Danielle Peterson, Jacksonville, FL (US); Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US); Michael Stedham, Jacksonville, FL (US); and Justin Valentine, St. Augustine, FL (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,010.
Application 17/392,010 is a continuation of application No. 15/687,994, filed on Aug. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,076,863.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/380,074, filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361294 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/151 (2013.01) [A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/1637 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
using a guide surface of a cutting guide to guide a cutting instrument to cut a first metatarsal, the cutting instrument cutting the first metatarsal into a proximal metatarsal portion and a distal metatarsal portion;
inserting a guide pin into the distal metatarsal portion;
moving the distal metatarsal portion in at least a frontal plane and a transverse plane relative to the proximal metatarsal portion, to correct bunion deformity by adjusting an alignment of the distal metatarsal portion relative to the proximal metatarsal portion, wherein moving the distal metatarsal portion comprises moving the distal metatarsal portion in at least the frontal plane by applying a rotational force to the guide pin; and
fixating an adjusted position of the distal metatarsal portion relative to the proximal metatarsal portion by applying at least one fixation device.