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

Claim 20:
21. A method of correcting a bunion deformity, the method comprising:
engaging a bone positioning guide with a first metatarsal and with a second metatarsal adjacent to the first metatarsal;
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 a medial cuneiform in a frontal plane;
preparing an end of the first metatarsal;
preparing an end of the medial cuneiform; and
compressing a prepared end of the first metatarsal and a prepared end of the medial cuneiform together.