Patent ID: 8105389
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A wrist prosthesis system to replace at least a portion of a bone of a wrist of a patient, comprising: a radial implant with a bone replacement member configured to replace at least a portion of a radius of the patient, the radial implant also including a stem configured to extend into the radius of the patient; a carpal implant that is operably coupled to the radial implant, the carpal implant including a base having first and second intersecting planar portions, one of the planar portions defining an aperture configured to annularly surround a portion of the radial implant, and an augment configured to replace at least a portion of a carpal bone of a carpal complex of the patient, the augment being removably and directly coupled to the base and the radial implant; and wherein one of the base and the augment includes a projection and the other of the base and the augment includes a recess that receives the projection to removably couple the base and the augment.