Paragraph Number

105

Figure 4 illustrates one embodiment of the cutting guide 300 secured to a first metatarsal 208 and a medial cuneiform 202. In the illustrated embodiment, the first resection feature may take the form of the first slot 360 and the second resection feature may take the form of the second slot 370. Referring now to Figures 4 and 3D, the position and/or angles (e.g., orientation) of one or both of the resection features based on patient imaging data is illustrated. In the illustrated embodiment, the first slot 360 is positioned between the distal side 314 and the second slot 370. The first slot 360 is oriented based on a desired angle for mitigating the condition of the patient. In one example, the first slot 360 is angled perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first metatarsal 208. This orientation of the first slot 360 enables the first cut surface to extend from the body 310 toward the bone to form a cut surface that is also perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 376 of one of the bones of a joint. "Longitudinal axis" refers to an axis of a structure, device, object, apparatus, or part thereof that extends from one end of a longest dimension to an opposite end. Typically, a longitudinal axis passes through a center of the structure, device, object, apparatus, or part thereof along the longitudinal axis. The center point used for the longitudinal axis may be a geometric center point and/or a mass center point. In the illustrated embodiment, the longitudinal axis 376 is the longitudinal axis of the first metatarsal 208.

Added by DJM Jan 2024