Patent ID: 7419507

Claim:
A prosthetic elbow for attachment to a humerus and ulna, the prosthetic elbow comprising: a humeral component comprising a generally cylindric spool having a contoured external surface defining a first articular surface, said spool being sized and shaped to fit within a recess cut between medial and lateral aspects of a condyle of the humerus; a radioulnar component comprising a body having base and a pair of spaced apart, first and second arms extending outward from the base, together defining generally U-shaped contour with an inner peripheral surface defining a second articular surface sized and shaped for engagement with the first articular surface and relative movement thereagainst, and a peg sized and shaped for being received in an axial bore in the ulna, the peg extending laterally outward from the first arm adjacent to the base, wherein the second arm of the body has a bore extending longitudinally therein in a direction generally orthogonal to the peg, the bore being sized and shaped for receiving a fastener inserted in an olecranon process of the ulna generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ulna to secure the radioulnar component to the ulna.