Andrew B Weiland

US Patent:

62839691, Sep 4, 2001

Filed:

Mar 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/522088

Inventors:

N. Kelly Grusin - Memphis TN
Delfreda L. Norman - Mahwah NJ
Andrew J. Weiland - New York NY
Richard H. Gelberman - St. Louis MO
Robert L. Daily - Germantown TN
Gregory S. Fandrich - Easley SC

Assignee:

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. - Arlington TN

International Classification:

A61B 1756

US Classification:

606 69

Abstract:

A distal radial plate including a longitudinal segment having a proximal end and a distal end; a transverse segment having a lateral end and a medical end; the distal end of the longitudinal segment attached to the transverse segment intermediate the lateral and medial ends of the transverse segment to form a T-shape; the longitudinal segment having a plurality of spherically recessed holes and having a slot with a proximal end and a distal end; the distal end of the slot having a spherical recess; the proximal end of the slot having a beveled edge which converges distally with the spherical recess of the slot; the transverse segment having a plurality of spherically recessed holes. An extender seats in one of the holes in the transverse segment of the distal radial plate and provides an additional hole on the lateral side of the transverse segment of the plate. Buttress pins have specially formed collars to be secured to the distal radial plate via a "snap-lock.