US 11,850,157 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. 17/313,050.
Application 17/313,050 is a continuation 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 2021/0275312 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of implanting a radial orthopedic implant apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
coupling an insert member to a generally cylindrical body by inserting the insert member into a centrally disposed bore of the body that is extends along a longitudinal axis through a concave upper surface of the body that has a bottom surface opposite the upper surface along the longitudinal axis, wherein the body includes at least one stem that extends from the bottom surface, and the body and insert member comprise respective first and second materials that are different from each other; and
implanting the coupled insert member and the body into a medullary canal of a radial bone
wherein the coupling step comprises inserting the insert member into the bore such that no portion of the insert member extends out with respect to the concave upper surface of the body in an upward direction that is defined from the bottom surface of the body toward the concave upper surface of the body along the longitudinal axis.