	US 12,004,789 B2
	Devices and techniques for treating metatarsus adductus
Jody McAleer, Jefferson City, MO (US); William DeCarbo, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Daniel Hatch, Greeley, CO (US); Paul Dayton, Ankeny, IA (US); Robert Santrock, Morgantown, WV (US); W. Bret Smith, Lexington, SC (US); Adriaan Kuyler, Ponte Vedra, FL (US); and Sean Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/325,167.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,207, filed on Dec. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/027,340, filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361330 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/152 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01); A61B 17/6425 (2013.01)]

57 Claims

1. A method for treating metatarsus adductus comprising:

positioning a cutting guide defining a guide surface over a dorsal side of a second metatarsal and over a dorsal side of a third metatarsal;

cutting an end of the second metatarsal by at least advancing a cutting tool along the guide surface to remove a portion of an end of the second metatarsal to create an opening between the end of the second metatarsal and an intermediate cuneiform;

cutting an end of the third metatarsal by at least advancing the cutting tool along the guide surface to remove a portion of an end of the third metatarsal to create an opening between the end of the third metatarsal and a lateral cuneiform;

moving the second metatarsal and the third metatarsal in at least a transverse plane to close a metatarsus adductus angle; and

fixating a moved position of the second metatarsal and the third metatarsal.