Implant system and method of placing the implant system

An implant system comprising:

• an intramedullary part having:
• a) a stem with a length and configured to be directed into an intramedullary canal in a first bone with the intramedullary part in an operative position;
• and b) a connector;
• a terminal part configured to engage another bone/bone part with the terminal part and intramedullary part in operative relationship with each other,
• the terminal part having a connector configured to cooperate with the connector on the terminal part,
• the connector on the terminal part and the connector on the intramedullary part configured to be engaged by aligning the connector on the terminal part and the connector on the intramedullary part in a starting relationship and thereafter moving at least one of the intramedullary part and terminal part relative to the other of the intramedullary part and terminal part along a first path extending transversely to the length of the stem on the intramedullary part to thereby place the connectors on the terminal part and intramedullary parts in a coupled relationship, wherein the terminal part and the intramedullary part are in an operative relationship wherein:
• a) an opening is defined by at least one of the intramedullary part and the terminal part;
• and b) the intramedullary part and terminal part are blocked from being fully separated from each other by relative movement of the terminal part and the intramedullary part other than along the first path;
• and
• a fixation component,
• the implant system configured so that with the terminal part and intramedullary part in the operative relationship, the fixation component can be advanced into the opening in a second path so as to produce a wedging action that causes at least one surface on one of the intramedullary part and terminal part to be forcibly urged against at least one surface on the other of the intramedullary part and terminal part in a direction different from a direction along the first path to thereby generate a frictional holding force between the at least one surface on the at least one surface on the one of the intramedullary part and the terminal part and the at least one surface on the other of the intramedullary part and the terminal part that resists relative movement between the intramedullary part and terminal part along the first path.