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130

The proximal extender 614 may include one or more fixation features 634. The fixation feature 634 is a section of the proximal extender 614 contoured and/or configured to conform to the contour of a portion of a surface of cortex bone adjacent to the proximal extender 614 once the proximal extender 614 is deployed on a lateral surface of a long bone (e.g., a proximal end of the lateral surface of a femur 102). Consequently, the configuration, size, and shape of the fixation feature 634 may vary depending on where the proximal extender 614 is installed. In one embodiment, the fixation feature 634 is contoured to engage with, and/or contact a surface of an upper extremity such a surface alongside the gluteal tuberosity and/or a greater trochanter of a long bone, such as a femur 102.

Added by DJM 8 2021