Patent ID: 9452057
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A tarso-metatarsal joint implant for insertion between a first bone and a second bone in a patient's body, comprising: a solid, homogeneous, wedge-shaped body portion having a proximal face opposite a distal face, a dorsal side opposite a plantar side, a lateral side opposite a medial side, and wherein the dorsal side, the plantar side, the lateral side, and the medial side extend between the proximal face and the distal face; the proximal face and the distal face have an oblong shape; wherein the body portion tapers from the medial side to the lateral side and tapers from the dorsal side to the plantar side, forming a bi-planar taper along a diagonal axis from a dorsal-medial point to a plantar-lateral point, wherein the first bone is a metatarsal and the second bone is a cuneiform, wherein the oblong shape is a kidney shape.