Paragraph Number

215

FIG. 20 illustrates one embodiment of the cutting guide 1900 secured to a first metatarsal 230 and a first cuneiform 210. In the illustrated embodiment, the first guide feature may take the form of the first slot 1960 and the second guide feature may take the form of the second slot 1970. Referring now to FIGS. 20 and 19D, the position and/or angles (e.g., orientation) of one or both of the guide features based on patient imaging data is illustrated. In the illustrated embodiment, the first slot 1960 is positioned between the distal side 1914 and the second slot 1970. The first slot 1960 is oriented based on a desired angle for mitigating the condition of the patient. In one example, the first slot 1960 is angled perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first metatarsal 230. This orientation of the first slot 1960 enables the first cut surface to extend from the body 1910 toward the bone to form a cut surface that is also perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 1976 of one of the bones of a joint. "Longitudinal axis" refers to an axis of a structure, device, object, apparatus, or part thereof that extends from one end of a longest dimension to an opposite end. Typically, a longitudinal axis passes through a center of the structure, device, object, apparatus, or part thereof along the longitudinal axis. The center point used for the longitudinal axis may be a geometric center point and/or a mass center point. In the illustrated embodiment, the longitudinal axis 1976 is the longitudinal axis of the first metatarsal 230.

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