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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Lauralan Terrill-Grisoni, Cordova, TN (US);
Nathaniel Kelley Grusin, Memphis, TN (US);
Stuart D. Patterson, Winter Haven, FL (US);
Maureen Theis-Handwerker, Germantown, TN (US);
James A. Johnson, London, CA;
Graham J. W. King, London, CA;
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN (US);
Abstract
A modular radial head system including a modular implant for replacing the head of the proximal end of a radius and for articulating with the capitellum of a humerus. The modular implant includes a modular head and an modular stem. The system further includes a modular radial head locking instrument for locking the modular head and the modular stem of the modular implant to one another. The locking instrument includes a first jaw, a second jaw, and a control mechanism for urging the first and second jaws together to provide offset axial compression of the modular head and the modular stem of the modular implant.