Patent ID: 8147494

Claim:
A computer program product for use in connection with a localization device for removing a wedge from a bone during a surgical procedure so as to achieve a predetermined desired correction angle between joints at opposing ends of said bone, said edge being formed by first and second cuts in the bone that intersect at a pivot location, said computer program product comprising: computer readable program code embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable program code comprising at least: computer readable program code for recording a depth and angle of said first cut observed by the localization device during the surgical procedure; computer readable program code for determining the pivot location during the surgical procedure using the recorded depth and angle of the first cut; and computer readable program code for calculating an angle of said second cut during the surgical procedure using (i) the determined pivot location, (ii) said recorded angle of said first cut, and (iii) said predetermined desired correction angle.