US 12,349,927 B2
Joint spacer systems and methods
F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US); Paul Dayton, Ankeny, IA (US); Joe William Ferguson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); Carlos Eduardo Gil, Memphis, TN (US); Robert D. Santrock, Morgantown, WV (US); Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US); W. Bret Smith, Lexington, SC (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 Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,708.
Application 18/479,708 is a continuation of application No. 18/057,762, filed on Nov. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,771,443.
Application 18/057,762 is a continuation of application No. 16/750,829, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,648,019, issued on May 16, 2023.
Application 16/750,829 is a continuation of application No. 15/267,531, filed on Sep. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,575,862, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/366,219, filed on Jul. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/220,530, filed on Sep. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023979 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/152 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/562 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of correcting a bunion deformity, the method comprising:
positioning a spacer integral with and extending downwardly from a bone preparation guide to define a unibody in a tarsometatarsal joint between a first metatarsal and a medial cuneiform, thereby positioning a cutting slot of the bone preparation guide over a portion of the first metatarsal to be cut or over a portion of the medial cuneiform to be cut;
guiding a cutting instrument through the cutting slot of the bone preparation guide to cut the first metatarsal or to cut the medial cuneiform;
moving the first metatarsal in a frontal plane and in a transverse plane to correct the bunion deformity; and
applying a fixation device to the first metatarsal and to the medial cuneiform across the tarsometatarsal joint to fixate a moved position of the first metatarsal.