1977-11-02
1980-01-01
Crowder, Clifford D.
A61F 124
Patent
active
041808711
ABSTRACT:
Total wrist prosthesis for restructuring a wrist which is diseased or damaged. The prosthesis is provided with four critical offsets to enable the axes of radial-ulnar deviation and flexion-extension motion of the restructured wrist to lie in planes offset from the axes of the third metacarpal and the distal radius, said planes including the axes of radial-ulnar deviation and flexion-extension motion of the normal wrist.
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Beckenbaugh et al., Total Wrist Arthroplasty: A Preliminary Report, The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 337-344, Sep. 1977.
Volz, The Development of a Total Wrist Arthroplasty, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, pp. 209-214, May 12, 1975.
Linscheid et al., Total Arthroplasty of the Wrist to Relieve Pain and Increase Motion, Geriatrics, pp. 48-52, Apr. 1, 1976.
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