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US 10,945,764 B2Granted
Bone positioning and cutting system and method
AssigneeTreace Medical Concepts, Inc.
InventorsPaul Dayton, F. Barry Bays
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Abstract
A bone positioning device can include a fixation pin for attachment to a first bone and a fixation pin for attachment to a second bone. A first block having an aperture can be included for slidably receiving a fixation pin, and a second block having an aperture can be included for slidably receiving a fixation pin. A multi-axis joint can connect the first block and the second block, where the multi-axis joint allows the first second blocks to move with respect to each other about more than one axis.
Claims26
A method of correcting an alignment between bones of a foot, the method comprising:
- adjusting an alignment of a metatarsal relative to a cuneiform opposing the metatarsal using a bone positioning device to establish a moved position of the metatarsal;
- aligning a bone cutting guide with a joint between the metatarsal and the cuneiform;
- after establishing the moved position of the metatarsal, using a guide feature of the bone cutting guide to guide a cutting tool to remove at least one of a portion of the metatarsal and a portion of the cuneiform;
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- fixing the moved position of the metatarsal relative to the cuneiform with a bone connector.
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