Full wrist fusion device
AssigneeExsoMed Corporation
InventorsLloyd P. Champagne, Jozef Zoldos
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for total wrist fusion that includes (a) a first section, which is preferably a plate, that is positioned under the skin on top of the forearm, wrist and potentially part of the hand and connected to one or more of the radius or carpal bones, (b) a second section, which is preferably in the shape of an awl and is received in the cannula of the third metacarpal bone. Optionally, an anti-rotational third section may be included, which can connect to the top of the third metacarpal bone.
Claims13
A method of wrist fusion surgery, comprising the steps of:
- exposing the radius, carpals and a metacarpal bone of the wrist of a patient;
- using an implant having an intramedullary metacarpal portion and a radial plate portion including an aperture by placing the intermedullary portion of an implant into the metacarpal bone;
- placing the radial plate portion onto the radius;
- and
- fixing the radial plate portion to the radius by attaching a fixation device through the aperture in the radial plate portion into the radius.
A method of wrist fusion surgery, comprising the steps of:
- exposing the radius, carpals and a metacarpal bone of the wrist of a patient;
- using an implant having an intramedullary metacarpal portion and a radial plate portion including an aperture and which are joined to an intermediate carpal portion such that the intramedullary metacarpal portion is offset from the radial plate portion, by placing the intermedullary portion of an implant into the metacarpal bone;
- placing the radial plate portion onto the dorsal aspect of the radius;
- and
- fixing the radial plate portion to the radius by attaching a fixation device through the aperture in the radial plate portion into the radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.