Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Full wrist fusion device
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Application No.: US16511736Application Date: 2019-07-15
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Publication No.: US11272965B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Lloyd P. Champagne , Jozef Zoldos
- Applicant: ExsoMed Corporation
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: ExsoMed Corporation
- Current Assignee: ExsoMed Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/72
- IPC: A61B17/72 ; A61B17/80

Abstract:
Disclosed is a device for total wrist fusion that includes (a) a first section, which is preferably a plate, that is positioned under the skin on top of the forearm, wrist and potentially part of the hand and connected to one or more of the radius or carpal bones, (b) a second section, which is preferably in the shape of an awl and is received in the cannula of the third metacarpal bone. Optionally, an anti-rotational third section may be included, which can connect to the top of the third metacarpal bone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190336185A1 FULL WRIST FUSION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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