Patent ID: 8016891

Claim:
An orthopedic system comprising: an implant member comprising a recess formed therein, wherein the recess is defined by a wall; a fastener comprising a head portion and a body member; an augment member configured to augment the implant member to rebuild a resected portion of bone on a patient, wherein the fastener connects the augment member to the implant member, wherein the body member comprises means for attaching the fastener to the augment member, and wherein the means for attaching the fastener to the augment member allows the augment member to be cinched up against the implant member; and means for snap-fitting the head portion of the fastener into the recess of the implant member, to thereby secure said fastener to said implant member, wherein the means for snap-fitting the head portion of the fastener into the recess of the implant member is not an integral part of the fastener, and wherein the system is configured such that, as the means for attaching the fastener to the augment member is used to cinch the augment member up against the implant member, the means for snap-fitting the head portion of the fastener into the recess of the implant member is forced into tighter engagement with a wall of the recess.