Paragraph Number

283

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the resection guides 820 of the present disclosure can be designed and/or fabricated with a variety of features and/or aspects. For example, in one embodiment, the one or more openings 1106 and/or one or more openings 1116 may extend through the body 1102 and/or body 1112 at a right angle to a surface of the body 1102 and/or body 1112. Alternatively, or in addition, the resection feature 1104 and/or resection feature 1114 may extend through the body 1102 and/or body 1112 at a right angle to a surface of the body 1102 and/or body 1112. Or, one of the proximal resection guide 820a and the distal resection guide 820b may include openings perpendicular to a surface of the body and the other may have openings that are angled at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the surface of the body. Or, one of the proximal resection guide 820a and the distal resection guide 820b may include a resection feature perpendicular to a surface of the body and the other may have a resection feature that is angled at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the surface of the body. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that any permutation of angled orientations between the openings and the a resection features of the proximal resection guide 820a and/or the distal resection guide 820b can be used since these guides are fabricated to satisfy a preoperative plan for a correction for the patient.

Added by DJM Jan 2024