Paragraph Number

94

Figure 3D illustrates the cutting guide 300 from a view facing the medial side 316. Figure 3E illustrates the cutting guide 300 from a view facing the lateral side 318. In certain embodiments, the cutting guide 300 may include one or more features that facilitate use of the cutting guide 300 while avoiding certain soft tissue in the vicinity of a joint. For example, the medial side 316 may include a medial superior surface 332 and a medial inferior surface 334 that meet at a medial edge 336. Advantageously, the medial inferior surface 334 may extend from inferior side 322 to the medial edge 336 at an angle such that the medial inferior surface 334 does not impinge soft tissue near the joint (e.g., near a medial end of the joint). In certain embodiments, the angle may range between about 80 and about 170 degrees. In another example, the lateral side 318 may include a lateral superior surface 342 and a lateral inferior surface 344 that meet at a lateral edge 346. Of course, the medial superior surface 332 may extend from the superior side 320 to the medial edge 336 at an angle. The angle of the medial superior surface 332 may enable use of the cutting guide 300 in tighter openings and thus minimize the size of incisions used for a procedure.

Added by DJM Jan 2024