Paragraph Number

72

Those of skill in the art will recognize that the features, functions, and advantages of the offset section 116 can be integrated into an intramedullary nail such as intramedullary nail 100, can be integrated into an adapter 204 such as the adapter 204 used with the example intramedullary nail 202 described above, can be integrated into an inserter used to insert an intramedullary nail into an intramedullary canal of a patient, or can be implemented in whole, or in part, in both the intramedullary nail and/or an adapter or an inserter. For example, in one embodiment, an adapter, or driver of an inserter, may include a second bend angled anteriorly from a longitudinal axis the intramedullary nail and a distal end of an intramedullary nail may include a first bend angled posteriorly from a longitudinal axis the intramedullary nail, with a suitable coupling between the first bend and the second bend. Each of these embodiments and other variations thereof are considered within the scope of the present disclosure.

Added by DJM 8 2021