Paragraph Number

23

According to some embodiments, a cutting guide may be provided for correcting a bunion present a patient’s foot. The cutting guide may have a first bone engagement surface shaped to match a first contour on cuneiform of the patient’s foot, and a second bone engagement surface shaped to match a second contour on a metatarsus of the patient’s foot. The cutting guide may further have a first slot that, with the first bone engagement surface overlying the first contour and the second bone engagement surface overlying the second contour, is positioned to guide resection of the cuneiform to define a first resected surface on the cuneiform. Further, the cutting guide may have a second slot that, with the first bone engagement surface overlying the first contour and the second bone engagement surface overlying the second contour, is positioned to guide resection of the metatarsus to define a second resected surface on the metatarsus. The first slot and the second slot may be positioned and oriented relative to each other such that, upon fusion of the cuneiform and the metatarsus between the first resected surface and the second resected surface, the bunion is at least partially corrected.

Added by DJM 7 2021