US 11,771,467 B2
Bone positioning and cutting system and method
Paul Dayton, Ankeny, IA (US); and F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/64,916.
Application 15/894,702 is a division of application No. 14/799,981, filed on Jul. 15, 2015, abandoned.
Application 18/064,916 is a continuation of application No. 17/836,809, filed on Jun. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,523,845.
Application 17/836,809 is a continuation of application No. 17/503,730, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Application 17/503,730 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,008, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,147,590, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Application 17/201,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/730,424, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,945,764, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 16/730,424 is a continuation of application No. 15/894,702, filed on Feb. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,555,757, issued on Feb. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/024,546, filed on Jul. 15, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110172 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/6416 (2013.01) [A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/66 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
performing an osteotomy on a metatarsal to separate a first metatarsal portion from a second metatarsal portion;
adjusting an alignment of the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion using a bone positioning device to correct a bunion;
after adjusting the alignment of the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion using the bone positioning device, fixing a position of the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion with a bone connector; and
removing the bone positioning device from the first metatarsal portion and the second metatarsal portion.