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377

Advantageously, fasteners 2216 (e.g., posterior pin 2220 and/or anterior pin 2222) deployed using the pin guide(s) 2200 may be used for subsequent steps in a surgical procedure. In one embodiment, the osteotomy system 2000 may include a positioning guide 2300 as one of the complementary components 1930. In one embodiment, for example, a posterior pin 2220 deployed by way of a posterior pin guide 2202 and an anterior pin 2222 deployed by way of an anterior pin guide 2204 are configured to receive a positioning guide 2300. In certain embodiments, depending on how various components of the osteotomy system 2000 are designed and/or fabricated a positioning guide 2300 may serve to position a posterior bone fragment 2114 and/or an anterior bone fragment 2116, reduce an osteotomy, and/or compress two bone fragments together. Alternatively, or in addition, the positioning guide 2300 may also serve as a correction guide, a rotation guide, an alignment guide, and/or the like.

Added by DJM Jan 2024