Patent ID: 6827741
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method for implanting a prosthetic wrist, comprising the steps of:providing a reamer; providing a broach having two separable components, a handle segment at a proximal end and a broach segment at a distal end; providing a cutting tool; providing a cut block; reaming an intramedullary canal of a radial bone with the reamer; broaching the intramedullary canal with the broach; removing the handle segment from the broach segment while the breach segment is embedded in the intramedullary canal; leaving the broach segment embedded in the intramedullary canal; guiding the cutting tool with the broach segment to cut the radial bone; attaching the cut block to the broach segment while the broach segment is still embedded in the intramedullary canal; using the cut block to guide cutting of a carpal bone; removing the cut block and broach segment from the intramedullary canal; and implanting the prosthetic wrist.