Paragraph Number

297

FIG. 13 is a flowchart diagram depicting a method for remediating a condition, according to one embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of an example method 1300. In some implementations, one or more method steps of FIG. 13 may be performed by a surgeon using one or more of the components described herein. As shown in FIG. 13, method 1300 may include deploying a navigation guide onto a cuneiform and a metatarsal across a tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint of a patient, the navigation guide including: two proximal holes configured to accept and identify a location for two proximal guide pins that provide a proximal reference feature on the cuneiform for a proximal model reference on a cuneiform model of the cuneiform; two distal holes configured to accept and identify a location for two distal guide pins that provide a distal reference feature on the metatarsal for a distal model reference on a metatarsal model of the metatarsal; a coupler configured to connect the two proximal holes and the two distal holes across the TMT until an user operates the coupler to separate the two proximal holes and the two distal holes (block 1302). For example, a surgeon may deploy a navigation guide onto a cuneiform and a metatarsal across a tarsometatarsal ("TMT") joint of a patient, the navigation guide including: two proximal holes configured to accept and identify a location for two proximal guide pins that provide a proximal reference feature on the cuneiform for a proximal model reference on a cuneiform model of the cuneiform; two distal holes configured to accept and identify a location for two distal guide pins that provide a distal reference feature on the metatarsal for a distal model reference on a metatarsal model of the metatarsal; a coupler configured to connect the two proximal holes and the two distal holes across the TMT joint until an user operates the coupler to separate the two proximal holes and the two distal holes, as described above.

Added by DJM Jan 2024