IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR TREATING DEFECTS IN ARTICULATING SURFACES

摘要

The invention provides implant plugs having a complex clinically acceptable proximal surface. The invention also provides multi-phase implant plugs which have a nonplanar proximal surface. Suitable implant proximal surface shapes include, but are not limited to, concave surfaces, convex surfaces, faceted domes and angled surfaces formed by the convergence of two facets. The implants of the invention are suitable for repair of tissue defects in articulating surfaces. The invention also prpovides delivery devices and methods for delivering the implants of the invention. The invention also provides methods for creating defects suitable for use with the implants of the invention.