Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1993-05-12
1994-12-13
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 54, 606 57, 606105, 602 20, A61F 500
Patent
active
053725972
ABSTRACT:
A device for treating and preventing injuries and contractures of the elbow joint, particularly supination-pronation contractures and proximal radial head fractures. The device includes bracing sections for fixing the device to the radius and the ulna, and for permitting movement of the attached radius continually along a path which is adapted and adjusted to be aligned with the kinematic axis of the proximal radial-ulnar joint.
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Gosney Mark S.
Hotchkiss Robert N.
Popken John
Woodward Arthur
Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.
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