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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Jason M Schultz, Hamilton, OH (US);
Andrew K Palmer, East Syracuse, NY (US);
Kevin T Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Thomas J Graham, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Brian K Berelsman, Warsaw, IN (US);
James W Strickland, Zionsville, IN (US);
Jason M Schultz, Hamilton, OH (US);
Andrew K Palmer, East Syracuse, NY (US);
Kevin T Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Thomas J Graham, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Brian K Berelsman, Warsaw, IN (US);
James W Strickland, Zionsville, IN (US);
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic wrist having at least one of a radial insert, which is configured to be fixed to a radius of a patient, a carpal implant or a wrist bearing component. The carpal implant can include a body and a pair of flanges, each of which being skewed to the axis of the body in a manner that permits them to abut the ulnar side of the hamate bone and the radial side of the distal portion of the carpal bone complex, respectively. The radial insert may be provided with a plurality of modular portions to allow for selection and customization of an implant. Also the various portions can allow for a hemi- or total, or revision wrist arthroplasty. The modular portions can allow for intraopertative customization.