Method of stabilizing a patient's ulnohumeral joint
AssigneeTriMed, Inc.
InventorMichael Hausman
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Abstract
A method of stabilizing a patient's ulnohumeral joint including the steps of: obtaining a stabilizing assembly having a mounting portion and a buttressing portion; and implanting the stabilizing assembly into an operative position wherein the mounting portion of the stabilizing assembly is anchored at a proximal region of the patient's ulna and the buttressing portion is situated to abut the patient's humerus so as to limit subluxation at the ulnohumeral joint while allowing movement between the patient's ulna and humerus at the patient's ulnohumeral joint.
Claims20
A method of stabilizing a patient's ulnohumeral joint, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a stabilizing assembly having a mounting portion and a buttressing portion;
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- implanting the stabilizing assembly into an operative position wherein the mounting portion of the stabilizing assembly is anchored at a proximal region of the patient's ulna and the buttressing portion is situated to abut the patient's humerus so as to limit subluxation at the ulnohumeral joint while allowing movement between the patient's ulna and humerus at the patient's ulnohumeral joint.
The method of stabilizing a patient's ulnohumeral joint according to 4 wherein the tapered portion of the stabilizing assembly bears against the humerus with the stabilizing assembly in the operative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.