Paragraph 102
Paragraph 102
Application
Joint Spacer Implant
Matter Number
VIL-12
Paragraph Number
102
Application Number
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Reference Case 1
VIL-12
Reference Case 2
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Created
2/5/22, 12:00 AM
Modified
2/5/22, 12:00 AM
Id
7,418
Content
The tether 840 is configured to couple the arthroplasty implant 810 to the bone anchor 820. In certain embodiments, the tether 840 may couple the arthroplasty implant 810 to a bone. The term “tether” is used herein to mean any strand or flexible member, natural or synthetic, able to join or connect or couple two structures. In one embodiment, a tether can join tissue of a patient and/or to be anchored in a bone tunnel or to hard tissue and useful in a surgical procedure. A tether may join two structures either directly by connecting directly to one structure or directly to the other or indirectly by connecting indirectly (by way of one or more intermediary structures) to one structure, to the other structure, or to both structures. In certain embodiments, “tether” refers to a flexible line or flexible member of natural material, natural biological material, biomaterial, biomimetic materials, manmade material, or a combination of these either in a single tether, a composite tether, or a plurality of tissue tethers that extend in parallel and/or may be woven or bonded together. In certain embodiments, a tether may be long and thin. In certain embodiments, a tether may be planar and/or may be elastic or inelastic (rigid). Examples of a tether include, but are not limited to, a thread, a string, a polymer thread or line, a suture, suture tape, a woven tether, a fibrous material, a cord, and/or any of these in combination with each other, and the like.
Notes
Added by DJM 2 2022