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Granted Patent B2
US 12,551,220 · App. 18/740,021 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Reamer for augmented glenoid implant

Inventors: Lance N. Terrill (Rochestown, IE); Michael Shabelman (Fair Lawn, NJ); Sunny Shorabh (Ghaziabad, IN)
Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
A61B17/1659A61B17/1684
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Patent No.
US 12,551,220
App. No.
18/740,021
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reaming device for preparing a glenoid of a patient may include a base configured for mounting to bone and an oscillatory rasp configured to be translatable in a proximal-distal direction relative to the base while the base is coupled to the glenoid of the patient.

Claims (26)

1 . A bone reaming device comprising:

a base configured to be fastenable to a bone and extending generally parallel to a proximal-distal axis; and

a rasp rotatably drivable about a rasp axis, wherein the rasp axis is translatable relative to the base when the base is fastened to a bone,

wherein the rasp receives a driving input from a drive shaft through at least one ball joint, and

wherein the rasp is rotatable within at least two degrees of freedom relative to the at least one ball joint.

2 . The bone reaming device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one ball joint comprises:

a first ball joint rotatably connecting the drive shaft and an intermediate shaft; and

a second ball joint rotatably connecting the intermediate shaft and the rasp.

3 . The bone reaming device of claim 2 , wherein the first and second ball joints are configured to allow the rasp to be rotatable within six degrees of freedom relative to the base.

4 . The bone reaming device of claim 1 , further comprising a drive head at a proximal end of the drive shaft, the drive head configured to provide the driving input through a motor or a power tool.

5 . The bone reaming device of claim 1 , further comprising a carriage configured to receive a base shaft, the base shaft including the base at a distal end of the base shaft.

6 . The bone reaming device of claim 5 , further comprising a threaded sleeve configured to receive the base shaft and configured to engage with a threaded bore in the carriage.

7 . The bone reaming device of claim 6 , wherein the threaded sleeve comprises a knob at a proximal end of the threaded sleeve, the knob configured to facilitate rotation of the threaded sleeve relative to the carriage.

8 . The bone reaming device of claim 6 , wherein the carriage includes the drive shaft and the rasp.

9 . The bone reaming device of claim 8 , wherein rotation of the threaded sleeve within the threaded bore causes the carriage, the drive shaft, and the rasp to translate relative to the base shaft and a paleoglenoid.

10 . The bone reaming device of claim 9 , wherein the drive shaft and the base shaft are generally parallel to each other.

11 . The bone reaming device of claim 5 , wherein the base shaft further comprising a cap configured to limit a distance in which the base shaft can be driven into a paleoglenoid.

12 . The bone reaming device of claim 1 , wherein the base is an anchor including a spike at a distal end of the base and a screw thread in a proximal direction from the spike.

13 . A method of preparing a glenoid of a patient for receiving a biconvex glenoid implant, the method comprising:

fastening a base of a reaming device to a paleoglenoid portion of the glenoid; and

rotating a rasp about a rasp axis through a driving input from a drive shaft through at least one ball joint to ream a neoglenoid portion of the glenoid, the rasp axis being translatable relative to the base.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein rotating the rasp about the rasp axis through the driving input from the drive shaft is through one ball joint.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the rasp is rotated within two degrees of freedom relative to the ball joint.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein rotating the rasp about the rasp axis through the driving input from the drive shaft is through two ball joints.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the rasp is rotated within six degrees of freedom relative to the base.

18 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising inserting a base shaft connected to the base into a carriage so that the drive shaft and the base shaft are generally parallel to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2024
From: TERRILL, LANCE N.; SHABELMAN, MICHAEL; SHORABH, SUNNY
To: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 067714/0595 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17308493 · May 5, 2021
Provisional Application 63034585 · Jun 4, 2020
Related Publication 20240398426A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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