Wrist arthroplasty system and method
AssigneeAcumed LLC
InventorsTerrence Chadwick Smith, Bryon Marshall Morse, Mark Bernhard Sommers, Charles Andrew Pailthorpe
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AssigneeAcumed LLC
InventorsTerrence Chadwick Smith, Bryon Marshall Morse, Mark Bernhard Sommers, Charles Andrew Pailthorpe
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The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.
A wrist arthroplasty system comprising:
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