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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Thomas James Graham, Timonium, MD (US);
H. Brent Bamberger DO, Kettering, OH (US);
James Howard Calandruccio, Memphis, TN (US);
Thomas A. Wiedrich, Wilmette, IL (US);
Louise M. Focht, Del Mar, CA (US);
Thomas James Graham, Timonium, MD (US);
H. Brent Bamberger Do, Kettering, OH (US);
James Howard Calandruccio, Memphis, TN (US);
Thomas A. Wiedrich, Wilmette, IL (US);
Louise M. Focht, Del Mar, CA (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An arthroplastic implant for a basilar joint of a hand of a patient includes a body having a distal surface and a proximal surface opposite therefrom. The distal surface is to be positioned adjacent a first metacarpal bone at the basilar joint of the hand of the patient. The arthroplastic implant also includes a shield extending outwardly from the distal surface of the body to shield adjacent portions of the first metacarpal bone and a second metacarpal bone of the hand of the patient.