Shoulder arthroplasty implant system

1. A system for shoulder arthroplasty, said system comprising:

a stem having a proximal portion, a distal portion, an anterior portion, a posterior portion, a medial portion, and a lateral portion, wherein the stem has a size and shape for insertion into an intramedullary canal of a humerus bone, the humerus having a metaphysis and a diaphysis;

a cylindrical extrusion disposed adjacent the proximal portion of the stem,

an articular cup coupled to the stem, wherein cup has an articular surface with an apex, and wherein the apex is configured to be disposed distal to a resection plane in a humerus;

wherein the proximal portion of the stem comprises a concave taper decreasing in size in a direction extending from the proximal portion toward the distal portion, and

wherein the distal portion of the stem comprises a distal taper decreasing in size in a direction extending from the proximal portion toward the distal portion, the distal taper having a proximal taper portion and a distal taper portion, the proximal taper portion having a first total included angle, and the distal taper portion having a second total included angle less than the first total included angle, the distal taper portion being distal of the proximal taper portion, and

wherein the distal taper comprises a taper in a direction extending between the anterior portion of the stem and the posterior portion of the stem, and

wherein the distal taper comprises a taper in a direction extending between the medial portion of the stem and the lateral portion of the stem, and

wherein the shape of the stem is configured to load the metaphysis with a load greater than a load on the diaphysis, and

wherein the first total included angle is defined by a first point, a second point, a third point and a fourth point disposed on the stem or cylindrical extrusion, and

wherein the second total included angle is defined by the third point, the fourth point, a fifth point and a sixth point disposed on the stem or cylindrical extrusion,

wherein the first point is disposed on an anterior portion of the cylindrical extrusion and the second point is disposed on a posterior portion of the cylindrical extrusion, the first point anterior relative to the second point, and

wherein the third point is disposed distally away from the first and second points and the third point is disposed on an anterior portion of the distal taper, and

wherein the fourth point is disposed distally away from the first and second points and the fourth point is disposed on a posterior portion of the distal taper, the third point anterior relative to the fourth point, and

wherein the fifth point is disposed distally away from the first, second, third, and fourth points, and the fifth point is disposed at a distal end of the stem and disposed on the anterior portion of the stem, and

wherein the sixth point is disposed distally away from the first, second, third, and fourth points, and the sixth point is disposed at the distal end of the stem and disposed on the posterior portion of stem, and

wherein a lateral surface of the distal taper comprises a convex curve extending in a direction from the proximal portion of the stem toward the distal portion of the stem, and

wherein a medial surface of the distal taper comprises a concave curve extending in a direction from the proximal portion of the stem toward the distal portion of the stem, and

wherein the distal taper in the direction extending between the anterior portion of the stem and the posterior portion of the stem is symmetric about a medial plane of the implant so as to allow bilateral usage in the shoulder.

2. The implant of claim 1 , further comprising a lateral fin, an anterior fin, and a posterior fin, wherein the lateral fin extends radially outward from the lateral portion of the stem, the anterior fin extends radially outward from the anterior portion of the stem, and the posterior fin extends radially outward from the posterior portion of the stem, and wherein the lateral, anterior, and posterior fins are configured to engage cancellous bone in the metaphysis or epiphysis to provide rotational stability to the stem.

3. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the distal taper in the direction extending between the anterior portion and the posterior portion has a width measured along the distal taper, the width equal to a diameter at a distal end of the concave taper on the proximal portion of the stem.

4. The implant of claim 1 , wherein a distal portion of the stem comprises an hourglass shaped cross-section with a width extending in a direction from the anterior portion toward the posterior portion, the width at a lateral portion or a medial portion of the cross-section greater than the width measured at a center portion of the cross-section disposed between the lateral and medial portions.

5. The implant of claim 1 , wherein a distal portion of the stem comprises a cutout section extending through the stem in a direction from the anterior portion toward the posterior portion, and wherein the cutout comprises medial and lateral edges which are offset from a medial surface and a lateral surface of the stem, and wherein the cutout is configured to carry bone graft material.

6. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the proximal portion of the stem comprises a rim, and wherein the rim comprises one or more protrusions extending outward therefrom, the one or more protrusions configured to be received into a corresponding receptacle in the articular cup.

7. The implant of claim 1 , further comprising a collar element disposed circumferentially around the proximal portion of the stem.

8. The implant of claim 1 , further comprising one or more fenestrations disposed in the proximal portion of the stem, the one or more fenestrations extending in a direction from the proximal portion toward the distal portion, wherein the one or more fenestrations are sized to allow a surgical instrument to pass therethrough.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the articular cup is coupled directly to the stem.

10. The implant of claim 1 , further comprising a tapered receptacle disposed in the proximal portion of the stem, the tapered receptacle configured to receive a cooperating tapered protrusion disposed on an articular cup or disposed on a head component.

11. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the stem is a single piece.