Paragraph Number

109

The body 710 may have a bone facing side 730 that, upon attachment of the body 710 to the first cuneiform 210 and the first metatarsal 230, is to face toward the first cuneiform 210 and the first metatarsal 230. The body 710 may also have an outward-facing side 732 that, upon attachment of the body 710 to the first cuneiform 210 and the first metatarsal 230, faces outward, away from the first cuneiform 210 and the first metatarsal 230. Further, the body 710 may have one or more bone attachment features that facilitate attachment of the body 710 to the first cuneiform 210 and/or the first metatarsal 230. Such bone attachment features may comprise any of a wide variety of holes, spikes, fastening devices, and/or the like. As embodied in Figures 7A through 7D, the bone attachment features may take the form of holes 740 that extend from the bone facing side 330 to the outward-facing side 332 and/or one or more fixation devices. The holes 340 may be shaped to accommodate pins, K-wires, and/or other elongated bone fixation elements that can be anchored in the first cuneiform 210 and/or the first metatarsal 230 to keep the cutting guide 700 in place. As embodied in Figures 7A through 7D, only one hole 340 may be present on each side of the body 710. Thus, the body 710 may be secured to the first cuneiform 210 with only a single pin or K-wire (not shown) and to the first metatarsal 230 with only another single pin or K-wire (not shown).

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