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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: O.M-D. receives intellectual property royalties from Stryker, owns stock or stock options in MITA, and receives research support from Stryker, outside the submitted work. C.M.L. is a consultant for Smith & Nephew, outside the submitted work. A.J.S. is a consultant for Mitek and receives research support from Biologics, outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.