Patent ID: 8574305

Claim:
A system for modifying a talocalcaneal relationship in a foot, the system comprising: a first subtalar spacer comprising: a first spacer mount portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body defining an implant surface, a second surface, a first side, a second side, a third side, a recess, a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture, and a bore, the implant surface opposably facing the second surface, each of the first side, second side, and third side extending from the implant surface to the second surface, the third side extending from the first side to the second side, the recess extending into the body of the first spacer mount portion from the second surface toward the implant surface to a recess base and from the proximal end of the first spacer mount portion toward the distal end of the first spacer mount portion to a recess distal end, the first aperture is defined on the first side and extends through the body of the first spacer mount portion and provides access to the recess, the second aperture is defined on second side and extends through the body of the first spacer mount portion and provides access to the recess, the third aperture is defined on the recess distal end and extends through the body of the first spacer mount portion and provides access to the recess, the bore extending through the recess base; a first spacer body portion having a body that defines an insert member, an intermediate member, an articulating member, and an aperture that extends through the body of the first spacer body portion, the insert member disposed within the recess of the first spacer mount portion, the intermediate member disposed between the insert member and the articulating member, the articulating member defining an articulating surface; a first attachment member attached to the first spacer mount portion and having a body that defines a support member, the support member extending through the aperture defined by the first spacer body portion and disposed within the third aperture of the first spacer mount portion; a second attachment member attached to the first spacer mount portion, the second attachment member having a first end and a second end, the first end disposed through the first aperture of the first spacer mount portion, the second end disposed through the second aperture of the first spacer mount portion; and a fastener disposed through the bore of the first spacer mount portion and adapted to attach the first spacer mount portion to a bone.