Paragraph Number

163

It should be noted that the cutting guide 300 and/or cutting guide 600 may be configured to engage with a dorsal surface of one bone (e.g., a medial cuneiform 202) and a lateral surface of a second bone (e.g., a first metatarsal 208) of a joint (e.g., TMT joint 400). For example, where the patient has a hallux valgus condition, the first metatarsal 208 may have rotated about its longitudinal axis 376/676 such that the lateral surface of the first metatarsal 208 faces dorsal. Advantageously, the present disclosure accounts for this and the cutting guide 300/600 is configured to contact a dorsal surface on one bone and a lateral surface of the second bone (or proximal surface if the bone is rotated in the other direction). Furthermore, the proximal alignment feature 380/680 may engage with a dorsal surface of a proximal bone and the distal alignment feature 390/690 may engage with a dorsal surface of a distal bone, even though the distal bone has rotated.

Added by DJM Jan 2024