Toe implant

A toe implant for a toe, the toe implant comprising:

• an implant body including a proximal stem, a distal stem, and a hinge, the hinge being positioned between and connecting the proximal stem to the distal stem, the hinge including a proximal hinge buttress, a distal hinge buttress and a hinge center, the proximal stem extends away from the proximal hinge buttress and the distal stem extends away from the distal hinge buttress;
• wherein the proximal hinge buttress is positioned higher than the distal hinge buttress when the implant body is in a relaxed inserted position;
• and wherein when the proximal stem and the proximal hinge buttress are pivoted upward relative to the rest of the implant body, the implant body has an axis of motion at a location that is (i) between the proximal hinge buttress and the hinge center and (ii) above the hinge center.

A toe implant for a toe, the toe implant comprising:

• an implant body including a proximal stem, a distal stem, and a hinge, the hinge being positioned between and connecting the proximal stem to the distal stem, the hinge including a proximal hinge buttress and a distal hinge buttress, the proximal stem extends away from the proximal hinge buttress and the distal stem extends away from the distal hinge buttress and wherein the proximal hinge buttress is at an angle of between approximately ninety-five degrees and one-hundred and fifteen degrees relative to a horizontal reference line when the toe implant is in a relaxed inserted position.

An implant comprising an implant body including a proximal stem having a proximal axis, a distal stem, a hinge and a strength rib, the hinge being positioned between and connecting the proximal stem to the distal stem, the hinge including a hinge center section, wherein the strength rib extends along only a portion of the hinge center section of the hinge and does not extend completely across the hinge center section, wherein the rib has a length perpendicular to the proximal axis that is approximately equal to a width perpendicular to the proximal axis of the proximal stem near the hinge, wherein the length of the rib is substantially parallel to the width of the proximal stem.