US 11,771,443 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 Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/57,762.
Application 18/057,762 is a continuation of application No. 16/750,829, filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Application 16/750,829 is a continuation of application No. 15/267,531, filed on Sep. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,575,862.
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 2023/0090511 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (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)] 30 Claims
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1. A method of preparing a tarsometatarsal joint, the method comprising:
imaging a tarsometatarsal joint of a patient between a metatarsal and a cuneiform to determine a size and/or angle of a wedge-shaped bone portion to be cut at the tarsometatarsal joint;
obtaining a bone preparation guide comprising a first guide surface positionable over the metatarsal and a second guide surface positionable over the cuneiform, wherein an angle of the first guide surface relative to the second guide surface is selected corresponding to the size and/or angle of the wedge-shaped bone portion to be cut as determined via imaging of the tarsometatarsal joint;
positioning the first guide surface of the bone preparation guide over the metatarsal and positioning the second guide surface of the bone preparation guide over the cuneiform;
guiding a tissue removing instrument with the first guide surface to cut an end of the metatarsal; and
guiding the tissue removing instrument with the second guide surface to cut an end of the cuneiform.