Daniel J. Hatch,Joe W. Ferguson,Paul Dayton,W. Bret Smith,Lowell Weil, JR.,F. Barry Bays
申请号：
US15047288
公开号：
US20160235414A1
申请日:
2016.02.18
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
Instruments and surgical techniques may be used to correct a bone deformity, such as a bunion in which a metatarsal is misaligned with respect to a medial cuneiform. In some examples, a bone cutting guide is utilized to cut an end of the metatarsal and/or an end of the medial cuneiform to facilitate realignment of the bones. The cutting guide can have a pivotable cut guide surface along which a cutting instrument is translated to provide a precise bone cut. In some applications, after suitably preparing and aligning the bones, the bones are compressed together using a fixation pin. The fixation pin can be driven through one of the bones, into the second bone, and then further driven to compress the bones together.
