Kudo elbow system

FIGURE 10.17 Kudo Elbow System. (A) Assembled Kudo Elbow. Image provided courtesy of Biomet, Inc. (B) Disassembled Kudo humeral component and all UHMWPE ulnar component. Reprinted with permission from The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc. [18],... 

The current system consists of cobalt chrome components with a titanium porous coating on the ulnar component and the distal half of the stem (Figure 10.17). The UHMWPE is direct compression molded and sterilized by gamma irradiation in argon. It may be used either cemented or uncemented. While the Kudo system has had high survival rates at some institutions, the rate of reported loosening of the humeral and ulnar components has been varied [18, 43, 46-53]. The Kudo Elbow System has been used extensively in Europe and Japan, but it is not currently marketed in the United States. 

The instrumented Bone Preserving (i.B.P.) elbow was developed with Dr. Joseph Pooley, and although it is marketed in Europe, it is currently not available in the United States. It is an unlinked device with a noncongruent surface geometry. It is similar in form to the Kudo Elbow System, also offered by Biomet. The humeral component is composed... 

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