Patent ID: 7291175

Claim:
A prosthetic metatarsal implant comprising: a. a head and a neck extending from said head; b. a first stem having a first anchoring aperture extending transversely therethrough extending from said neck for insertion into a metatarsal bone; c. means comprising a locking screw received by said first aperture for anchoring said first stem in said metatarsal bone; d. a first targeting recess extending only partially through at least one of said head and said neck of said implant; e. a first targeting bracket comprising a first L-shaped member having a distal end of one leg mounted in and totally enclosed within said first targeting recess and an annular ring mounted on a distal end of a second leg of said first L-shaped member for aligning a drill bit with said anchoring aperture in said stem in said metatarsal bone; f. a phalanx component having a phalanx head and phalanx stem extending therefrom for insertion and anchoring in a proximal phalanx bone; g. said phalanx stem having an anchoring aperture extending transversely therethrough; h. a targeting recess extending only partially through said phalanx head; i. a second targeting bracket comprising a second L-shaped member having a distal end of one leg of said second L-shaped member mounted in and totally enclosed within said phalanx targeting recess and an annular ring mounted on a distal end of a second leg of said second L-shaped member for aligning a drill bit with said anchoring aperture in said phalanx stem in said proximal phalanx bone; and j. means comprising a locking screw received by said anchoring aperture in said phalanx stem for anchoring said phalanx stem in said proximal phalanx bone.