Patent ID: 7713271
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A distal radius device for fixation of a distal radius injury, comprising: a curvilinear elongate fixation implant member having opposing distal and proximal ends, the distal end having a head that is configured to reside in an implanted position in at least one distal radius fracture fragment within a radial styloid region proximate an articulating surface of the distal radius, the proximal end having a tip that is configured to reside in an implanted position in an intramedullary canal of a human distal radius, wherein the head has at least one aperture extending therethrough in a transverse direction, and wherein a proximal end portion adjacent the tip has a plurality of proximal apertures extending therethrough, each proximal aperture extending in a transverse direction, the transverse direction of each proximal aperture being offset from the transverse direction of the at least one head aperture, and wherein the curvilinear elongate fixation member is sized and configured to reside in the implanted position in the distal radius; at least one distal fixation member, one configured to extend through a respective one of the at least one head aperture of the curvilinear elongate fixation member; and a plurality of proximal fixation members, one of which extends through a respective one of the proximal apertures of the curvilinear elongate fixation member, whereby the distal radius device is configured and sized to stabilize a distal radius injury having distal radius fragments and allow wrist mobility.