US 12,232,785 B2
Full wrist fusion device
Lloyd P. Champagne, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Jozef Zoldos, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to ExsoMed Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by ExsoMed Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,359.
Application 16/511,736 is a division of application No. 14/503,228, filed on Sep. 30, 2014, granted, now 11,259,849.
Application 17/650,359 is a continuation of application No. 16/511,736, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,272,965.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/885,748, filed on Oct. 2, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296286 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7291 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8061 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wrist fusion surgery using a unitary implant,
the unitary implant comprising:
an intramedullary metacarpal portion,
a radial plate portion, the radial plate portion comprising an aperture, wherein the radial plate portion includes a bended portion that has a drop distance from the radial plate portion to a point where the radial plate portion and the intramedullary metacarpal portion meet, and
an anti-rotational plate extending upward and outward from the bended portion, the anti-rotational plate comprising at least one aperture,
the method comprising the steps of:
exposing a radius, carpals and a metacarpal bone of the wrist of a patient;
placing the intramedullary metacarpal portion of the unitary implant into the metacarpal bone;
placing the radial plate portion onto the radius;
fixing the radial plate portion to the radius by attaching a fixation device through the aperture in the radial plate portion into the radius; and
fixing the anti-rotational plate to the metacarpal by attaching an additional fixation device through the at least one aperture in the anti-rotational plate into the metacarpal.