Metatarsal bone implant cutting guide
AssigneeSolana Surgical, LLC
InventorsBruce R. Lawrence, Rebecca Hawkins Wahl
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Abstract
A method for guiding a saw blade (22) during preparation of a metatarsal (14) of a foot (10) for a procedure, such as to receive a metatarsal bone implant (20), includes positioning a housing (242) substantially adjacent to the metatarsal (14), coupling an aligner (38) to the housing (242), and aligning a saw guide (30) of the housing (242). The housing (242) includes the saw guide (30) for receiving and guiding the saw blade (22). The foot (10) includes one or more additional metatarsals (142), and the aligner (38) is used to align the saw guide (30) relative to the metatarsal (14) by aligning the aligner (38) to be substantially parallel to and positioned over a longitudinal axis (40) of one of the additional metatarsals (142).
Claims18
A method for guiding a saw blade during preparation of a metatarsal of a foot for a procedure, the foot including one or more additional metatarsals, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a housing substantially adjacent to the metatarsal, the housing including a saw guide for receiving and guiding the saw blade;
- coupling an aligner to the housing;
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- aligning the saw guide relative to the metatarsal by aligning the aligner to be substantially parallel to and positioned over a longitudinal axis of one of the one or more additional metatarsals, wherein the step of aligning occurs prior to the act of cutting the metatarsal with the saw blade.
A method for guiding a saw blade during preparation of a first metatarsal of a foot for a procedure, the foot including a second metatarsal that is positioned substantially adjacent to the first metatarsal, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a housing substantially adjacent to the first metatarsal, the housing including a saw guide for receiving and guiding the saw blade;
- coupling an aligner to the housing;
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- aligning the saw guide relative to the first metatarsal by aligning the aligner to be substantially parallel to and positioned over a longitudinal axis of the second metatarsal, wherein the step of aligning occurs prior to the act of cutting the first metatarsal with the saw blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.