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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Thomas James Graham, Timonium, MD (US);
H. Brent Bamberger DO, Kettering, OH (US);
James Howard Calandruccio, Memphis, TN (US);
James Higgins, Baltimore, MD (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);
James Higgins, Baltimore, MD (US);
Thomas A. Wiedrich, Wilmette, IL (US);
Louise M. Focht, Del Mar, CA (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An arthrodesis implant is for a finger joint of a hand of a patient. The arthrodesis implant may include an extramedullary proximal anchor including a first member having a fastener-receiving passageway therethrough to receive a fastener to anchor the first member to an extramedullary portion of a proximal bone of the finger joint of the hand of the patient. The arthrodesis implant may also include an intramedullary distal anchor having a second member for being anchored within an intramedullary portion of a distal bone of the finger joint of the hand of the patient, and a coupling for securing the first and second members together.