Paragraph Number

107

Figures 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D are top perspective, alternative top perspective, front elevation, and bottom perspective views, respectively, of a patient-specific cutting guide, or cutting guide 700, according to one alternative embodiment. The cutting guide 700 may be used to correct a bunion deformity, such as that of the foot 200 of Figure 2. Thus, the cutting guide 700 may also be designed to facilitate resection of the first cuneiform 210 and the first metatarsal 230 with planar cuts at the proper angles to provide dual-plane correction of the orientation of the first metatarsal 230, thereby providing correction in the lateral direction 260 and in the plantar direction 280 or the dorsal direction 290.

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