Patent ID: 11911085
Assignee: TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 28:
29. A method of correcting a bunion deformity, the method comprising:
inserting a joint seeker into a tarsal-metatarsal joint separating a first metatarsal from a medial cuneiform;
engaging a bone positioning guide with the first metatarsal, wherein the bone positioning guide comprises a cannulation, and engaging the bone positioning guide with the first metatarsal comprises inserting a wire through the cannulation into the first metatarsal;
making an incision between a second metatarsal and a third metatarsal, and engaging the bone positioning guide with a lateral side of the second metatarsal;
removing the joint seeker from the tarsal-metatarsal joint;
using the bone positioning guide to move the first metatarsal in a transverse plane to close an intermetatarsal angle between the first metatarsal and the second metatarsal;
using the bone positioning guide to move the first metatarsal relative to the medial cuneiform in a frontal plane;
after using the bone positioning guide to move the first metatarsal in the transverse plane and after using the bone positioning guide to move the first metatarsal relative to the medial cuneiform in the frontal plane, preparing an end of the first metatarsal;
after using the bone positioning guide to move the first metatarsal in the transverse plane and after using the bone positioning guide to move the first metatarsal relative to the medial cuneiform in the frontal plane, preparing an end of the medial cuneiform;
compressing a prepared end of the first metatarsal and a prepared end of the medial cuneiform together; and
fixating a moved position of the first metatarsal by inserting at least one fixation device across the tarsal-metatarsal joint.