Paragraph Number

82

FIGURE 2 illustrates a balanced condition for the joint 108. The superior plate 118 and/or pivot plate 148 contacts the femur 102. The inferior plate 120 contacts the tibia 104. The pivot plate 148 is parallel to the inferior plate 120. In the illustrated embodiment, a force, or tension, in the joint 108, or movement in direction of arrow 164 is offset by a force, or tension, in the joint 108 or movement in direction of arrow 166. As used herein, a "tension" refers to a tensile force that is applied across an elongated structure. For example, a ligament such as a lateral collateral ligament may experience tension due to how the ligament is attached to a femur bone and tibia bone and stretched during flexing of the knee joint.

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