US 11,766,333 B2
Radial head orthopedic implant apparatus and method of using same
Brian C. Hodorek, Winona Lake, IN (US); Matt J. Purdy, Winona Lake, IN (US); J. Michael Wiater, Beverly Hills, MI (US); Anand M. Murthi, Baltimore, MD (US); Matthew J. Smith, Columbia, MO (US); Derek J. Cuff, Venice, FL (US); and Andrew Jawa, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Synthes GmbH
Filed by Synthes GmbH, Oberdorf (CH)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,041.
Application 17/313,041 is a division of application No. 16/025,940, filed on Jul. 2, 2018, granted, now 11,020,234.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,987, filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251765 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/3804 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/30224 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3827 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radial orthopedic implant apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
a body having a generally cylindrical shape and comprising a first material, a bottom wall, an upper surface disposed opposite the bottom wall, and a bore that extends through the upper surface, wherein the body further includes a peg disposed in the bore, the peg extending from the bottom wall of the body toward the upper surface;
at least one stem that extends from a bottom surface of said bottom wall of said body;
an insert member comprising a second material different than the first material, wherein the insert member is configured to be inserted into the bore, such that the insert member receives the peg of the body;
wherein the radial orthopedic implant apparatus is configured to be inserted into the medullary canal of a radial bone,
wherein the body defines a central longitudinal axis, and the bore of the body is centrally disposed along the longitudinal axis, and
wherein the insert member is sized substantially equal to the bore in a plane that is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.