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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Jorge L. Orbay, Miami, FL (US);
Edward J. Tremols, Miami, FL (US);
Brian A. Cooke, Miami, FL (US);
SKELETAL DYNAMICS, LLC, Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a wrist prosthesis, and methods for implanting same, the prosthesis comprising an elongated radial component having two opposite sides, the first side comprising a stem and the second side comprising a concave dish; an elongated carpal component having two opposite sides, the first side comprising a stem, and the second side comprising a ball end; a lunate component having two opposite sides, the first side comprising a cavity adapted to receive said carpal component's ball end, and the second side comprising a convex surface adapted to engage said radial component's concave dish; wherein said lunate component freely rotates and swivels with respect to both of said carpal and radial components; wherein said stem of said carpal component is adapted for rigid engagement with one or more carpal and/or metatarsal bones; and wherein said stem of said radial component is adapted for rigid engagement with a radius bone.