US 12,262,901 B2
Tarsometatarsal joint arthrodesis tools and related method for bunion correction
Edward A. Lebrija, Richardson, TX (US); Paul J. Vasta, Richardson, TX (US); and Scott Campbell, Richardson, TX (US)
Assigned to GRAMERCY EXTREMITY ORTHOPEDICS LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/092,646.
Application 18/092,646 is a continuation of application No. 17/870,300, filed on Jul. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,547,425.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/343,566, filed on May 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371965 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 17/152 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for preparing or cutting a surface of a first bone adjacent a joint between the first bone and a second bone, the tool comprising:
a base scaffold having a scaffold axis, a top surface, and a first scaffold hole extending through the base scaffold and the top surface, the base scaffold configured for mounting to the first bone;
a cut guide having a body and a cut guide slot, the cut guide being removably mountable to the base scaffold such that the cut guide slot is oriented generally perpendicular to the scaffold axis and proximate the joint; and
a positioner extending generally parallel to the cut guide slot, the positioner configured for placement in the joint between the first bone and the second bone to orient the cut guide slot for cutting the first or second bones.