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a tether configured to couple the arthroplasty implant and the bone anchor. |
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a tether locking feature configured to sit within the opening of the cylindrical body and couple a proximal end of the tether to the bone anchor. |
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a cylindrical body comprising an opening that extends from one end of the cylindrical body to the other end and external threads on an outside surface of the cylindrical body, the external threads configured to engage an internal surface of the bone tunnel; and |
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16.The arthroplasty implant system of claim 15, wherein the bone anchor sits within the bone tunnel and within the proximal opening and wherein the bone anchor comprises: |
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15.The arthroplasty implant system of claim 14, wherein the bone tunnel comprises a proximal opening near a dorsal surface of the metatarsal bone. |
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14.The arthroplasty implant system of claim 13, wherein the tether couples the arthroplasty implant to the bone anchor through a bone tunnel that extends from the bone pocket such that when the tether couples the arthroplasty implant to the bone anchor at least a portion of the edge contacts a surface of the bone pocket below the distal articular surface. |
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a connector configured to engage with the tether and secure the arthroplasty implant to the tether. |
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an edge between the joint-facing articular surface and the convex posterior surface; and |
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a body comprising a joint-facing articular surface and a convex posterior surface configured to engage the distal articular surface by way of a bone pocket formed within the distal articular surface; |
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13.The arthroplasty implant system of claim 10, the arthroplasty implant comprising: |
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12.The arthroplasty implant system of claim 10, wherein the arthroplasty implant comprises a spacer configured to maintain separation between the distal articular surface and an articular surface of an adjacent phalanx bone. |
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wherein the articular implant is embedded within a bone pocket of the distal articular surface when the tether couples the articular implant to the bone anchor such that bone pocket retains the articular implant in place during osseointegration of the articular implant to the metatarsal bone. |
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an articular implant; and |
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11.The arthroplasty implant system of claim 10, wherein the arthroplasty implant comprises: |
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7.The system of claim 6, wherein, with the implant coupled to the bone anchor by the transosseous coupler: |
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8.The system of claim 6, wherein: |
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the joint-facing articular surface is convex and a top of the joint-facing articular surface is congruent with cartilage around the implant. |
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the body seats within the bone pocket with the edge extending above the natural articular surface of the bone; and |
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the joint-facing articular surface is convex; |
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the distal end of the bone tunnel exits within a bone pocket that extends proximally from the natural articular surface into the bone. |
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