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In one embodiment, FIG. 14F illustrates a stage in which a positioning guide 1200 has been slid 1318 over the set of proximal guide pins 928 and the set of distal guide pins 930 until the positioning guide 1200 contacts the medial cuneiform 202 and the first metatarsal 208. This sliding action of the positioning guide 1200 causes unaligned guide pins to move into alignment which causes a cut face of the osteotomy of the cuneiform 202 to contact a cut face of the osteotomy of the metatarsal 208. FIG. 14F illustrates that deployment of the positioning guide 1200 has repositioned one or more of the medial cuneiform 202 and the first metatarsal 208 such that the bones are now reduced and in a state prepared for fixation. In certain embodiments, a surgeon may use flouroscopy to confirm the reduction. In certain embodiments, the deployment of the positioning guide 1200 may also apply compression for facilitating a union of the two bones. FIG. 14F also illustrates an example bone plate 810c that may be next be deployed 1320 to secure and/or connect the resected medial cuneiform 202 to the resected first metatarsal 208.

Added by DJM Jan 2024