Paragraph Number

274

It should be noted that the cutting guide 1900 and/or cutting guide 2200 may be configured to engage with a dorsal surface of one bone (e.g., a first cuneiform 210) and a lateral surface of a second bone (e.g., a first metatarsal 230) of a joint (e.g., TMT joint 2000). For example, where the patient has a hallux valgus condition, the first metatarsal 230 may have rotated about its longitudinal axis 1976/2276 such that the lateral surface of the first metatarsal 230 faces dorsal. Advantageously, the present disclosure accounts for this and the cutting guide 1900/2200 is configured to contact a dorsal surface on one bone and a lateral surface of the second bone (or proximal surface if the bone is rotated in the other direction). Furthermore, the proximal alignment feature 1980/2280 may engage with a dorsal surface of a proximal bone and the distal alignment feature 1990/2290 may engage with a dorsal surface of a distal bone, even though the distal bone has rotated.

Added by DJM 2 2022