Patent ID: 11969193
Assignee: TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
performing an osteotomy on a metatarsal to separate the metatarsal into a first metatarsal portion and a second metatarsal portion;
adjusting an alignment of the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion; and
fixating the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion for fusion using a structure that includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising a plate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and perimeter edge extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, the first portion being configured to be positioned intra-osseously, and the second portion including at least one aperture extending through a thickness of the structure configured to receive a screw, wherein fixating the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion comprises inserting the first portion of the structure within an intra-osseous region of the first metatarsal portion with the first major surface and the second major surface each facing cancellous bone of the first metatarsal portion and screwing at least one screw into the at least one aperture of the second portion of the structure and into the second metatarsal portion.