Paragraph Number

65

FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment in which the transosseous coupler 320 is part of the implant 310. The transosseous coupler 320 may be made of the same material or different material from the implant 310. In the illustrated embodiment, the transosseous coupler 320 is flexible and is an elongated structure. The transosseous coupler 320 is long enough to couple the implant 310 to a bone fixation point and/or to a bone anchor 330. The transosseous coupler 320 is configured and designed to apply a tension force between the implant 310 and a bone fixation point and/or to a bone anchor 330. As used herein, a "tension" refers to a force that is applied to both ends of a structure. The structure may have a variety of shapes including fat, thin, wide, elongated, or the like. In one 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. In another example, a tether, suture, or other structure may experience and/or transfer tension as the structure is connected between an implant and an anchor, such as a bone anchor.

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