Abstract: A digital strapping system comprising an alternatively configurable hallux strap system for positioning and exercising a hallux of a foot, and/or an alternatively configurable osteotomy strap system for positioning and exercising a second and/or third digit of a foot.

Abstract: A digital strapping system comprising an alternatively configurable hallux strap system for positioning and exercising a hallux of a foot, and/or an alternatively configurable osteotomy strap system for positioning and exercising a second and/or third digit of a foot.

Abstract: An implant for metatarsal hemiarthroplasty according to embodiments of the present invention includes a resurfacing body configured to at least partially resurface distal and dorsal surfaces of an articular head of a metatarsus, the resurfacing body including a first side and a second side, the first side configured to articulate against a phalange associated with the metatarsus, the first side including a convex surface formed of ceramic, the second side configured to be fixed to the metatarsus, the second side including a concave surface from which protrude at least two immobilization elements, the at least two immobilization elements configured to interface with the articular head.

Abstract: Self-tapping screw for small-bone surgery, includes a threaded proximal head (2), a threaded distal shank with greater pitch and an internal cannula (4), characterized in that the distal shank (3) is threaded over its entire length in that the end of the shank has, apart from milled portions forming self-tapping faces on the first distal threads, at least two milled faces and which with the cannula, determine at least two notches (11), and at least two self-boring edges at the distal end of the screw, and in that the thread of the head has, aside from milled portions forming self-tapping faces on the first threads of the proximal screw thread, chamfered faces (16–19), determining boring edges (12b–15b) preceded by a short groove.

Abstract: Device for securing bits of bone together, particularly small-sized bits of bone, for example bits of metatarsal head, in the form of a spindle comprising an elongate shank (1) followed, after a breakable region (2), by a fixator element (3) extending frustoconically to reduce in diameter in the direction of the anterior end (4), with a screw thread the pitch of which decreases progressively from the anterior end and of which the crests of the thread lie inside a coaxial geometric cylinder (D), the anterior end forming a self-drilling end.

Abstract: Device for securing bits of bone together, particularly small-sized bats of bone, for example bits of metatarsal head, in the form of a spindle including an elongate shank (1) followed, after a breakable region (2), by a fixator element (3) extending frustoconically to reduce in diameter in the direction of the anterior end (4), with a screw thread the pitch of which decreases progressively from the anterior end and of which the crests of the thread lie inside a coaxial geometric cylinder (D), the anterior end forming a self-drilling end.

Abstract: Device for securing bits of bone together, particularly small-sized bits of bone, for example bits of metatarsal head, in the form of a spindle comprising an elongate shank (1) followed, after a breakable region (2), by a fixator element (3) extending frustoconically to reduce in diameter in the direction of the anterior end (4), with a screw thread the pitch of which decreases progressively from the anterior end and of which the crests of the thread lie inside a coaxial geometric cylinder (D), the anterior end forming a self-drilling end.

Abstract: Self-tapping screw for small-bone surgery, comprising a threaded proximal head (2), a threaded distal shank with greater pitch and an internal cannula (4), characterized in that the distal shank (3) is threaded over its entire length in that the end of the shank has, apart from milled portions forming self-tapping faces on the first distal threads, at least two milled faces and which with the cannula, determine at least two notches (11) and at least two self-boring edges at the distal end of the screw, and in that the thread of the head has, aside from milled portions forming self-tapping faces on the first threads of the proximal screw thread, chamfered faces (16-19), determining boring edges (12b-15b) preceded by a short groove.