Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices and techniques for performing an osteotomy procedure on a first metatarsal to correct a bone misalignment
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Application No.: US15809298Application Date: 2017-11-10
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Publication No.: US10582936B1Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Tyler Hissong , Joe W. Ferguson , Lowell Weil, Jr.
- Applicant: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Ponte Vedra
- Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Ponte Vedra
- Agency: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B17/17
- IPC: A61B17/17 ; A61B17/14 ; A61B17/16

Abstract:
Devices and techniques for adjusting an alignment for a first metatarsal may include making a plurality of cuts along the length of the first metatarsal. In different applications of the technique, a plurality of transverse cuts may or may not be made intersecting the longitudinal cuts. In either case, the cuts can separate the first metatarsal into two individual portions and release a removable wedge of bone. The different portions of the metatarsal can be moved relative to each other to adjust an anatomical alignment of one portion relative to another portion, for example in multiple planes. After suitably adjusting the alignment of the different bone portions, the portions can be fixed together.
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