IP Library Granted Patent US 12,370,052
Granted Patent B2
US 12,370,052 · App. 17/231,464 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Modular humeral head

Inventors: Kevin P. Knox (Fort Wayne, IN); Austin Wyatt Mutchler (Warsaw, IN); Michael C. Nelson (Syracuse, IN); David R. Stump (Columbia City, IN)
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
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Patent No.
US 12,370,052
App. No.
17/231,464
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An articular component is provided that includes an articular body having an articular surface, a bone anchor, a coupling portion, and a coupler. The bone anchor includes a distal end configured to be lodged in a bone and a proximal face. The coupling portion includes a recessed area in the articular body disposed between the articular surface and the distal end of the bone anchor. The coupler includes a first portion configured to mate with the coupling portion at a selected rotational position, and a second portion opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is configured to couple, directly or indirectly, the articular body with the bone anchor.

Claims (35)

1. An articular component, comprising:

an articular body comprising an articular surface and a coupling portion defining a recessed area;

a bone anchor comprising a distal end configured to be lodged in a bone and a proximal face, the proximal face of the bone anchor including offset indicia; and

a coupler comprising:

a first portion configured to mate with the coupling portion of the articular body at a selected rotational position;

a second portion opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is configured to couple, directly or indirectly, the articular body with the bone anchor; and

a plate disposed between the first portion and the second portion, the plate defining a window configured to uncover at least one offset indicium of the offset indicia formed on the proximal face of the bone anchor when the coupler is coupled to the bone anchor;

wherein a longitudinal axis defined by the first portion of the coupler is parallel to and offset from a longitudinal axis defined by the second portion of the coupler.

2. The articular component of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the coupler and the second portion of the coupler are tapered.

3. The articular component of claim 1 , wherein the coupler includes a disc member disposed between the plate and the second portion.

4. The articular component of claim 3 , wherein a diameter of the disc member is less than a diameter of the plate and is greater than a diameter of the second portion.

5. The articular component of claim 1 , wherein the coupler defines a channel extending through the coupler from the first portion to the second portion.

6. The articular component of claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the channel is threaded.

7. An articular component, comprising:

an articular body comprising an articular surface and a coupling portion defining a recessed area;

a bone anchor comprising a distal end configured to be lodged in a bone and a proximal face, the proximal face of the bone anchor including offset indicia; and

a coupler comprising:

a first portion configured to mate with the coupling portion at a selected rotational position; and

a second portion opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is configured to couple, directly or indirectly, the articular body with the bone anchor, wherein the coupler includes a plate disposed between the first portion and the second portion, the plate defining a window configured to uncover at least one offset indicium of the offset indicia when the coupler is coupled to the bone anchor, wherein the coupler includes a disc member disposed between the plate and the second portion, wherein a diameter of the disc member is less than a diameter of the plate and is greater than a diameter of the second portion, and wherein a longitudinal axis defined by the first portion of the coupler is offset relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the second portion of the coupler.

8. The articular component of claim 7 , wherein the coupler defines a channel extending through the coupler from the first portion to the second portion.

9. The articular component of claim 8 , wherein at least a portion of the channel is threaded.

10. An articular component, comprising:

an articular body comprising an articular surface and a coupling portion including a first recess and a second recess;

a bone anchor comprising a distal end configured to be lodged in a bone and a proximal face including indicia; and

a coupler comprising:

a first portion configured to mate with the first recess of the coupling portion of the articular body at a selected rotational position;

a second portion opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is configured to couple, directly or indirectly, the articular body with the bone anchor;

a plate disposed between the first portion and the second portion, the plate being sized and configured to be at least partially received within the second recess of the coupling portion of the articular body, the plate defining a window configured to uncover at least one indicium of the indicia on the proximal face of the bone anchor when the coupler is coupled to the bone anchor; and

a disc member disposed between the plate and the second portion;

wherein a longitudinal axis defined by the first portion of the coupler is parallel to a longitudinal axis defined by the second portion of the coupler.

11. The articular component of claim 10 , wherein the longitudinal axis defined by the first portion of the coupler is offset from the longitudinal axis defined by the second portion of the coupler.

12. The articular component of claim 10 , wherein the first portion of the coupler and the second portion of the coupler are tapered.

13. The articular component of claim 12 , wherein the coupler defines a channel extending through the coupler from the first portion to the second portion.

14. The articular component of claim 13 , wherein at least a portion of the channel is threaded.

15. The articular component of claim 10 , wherein a diameter of the disc member is less than the diameter of the plate and is greater than a diameter of the second portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2021
From: TORNIER, INC.
To: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 057845/0233 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17278495
Provisional Application 62740342 · Oct 2, 2018
Related Publication 20210228372A1 · Jul 29, 2021
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