IP Library Granted Patent US 9,301,848
Granted Patent B2
US 9,301,848 · App. 13/896,455 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Modular glenoid prosthesis

Inventor: Jack F Long (Warsaw, IN)
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
A61F2/4081A61F2/30749A61F2002/305A61F2002/30378A61F2002/30387A61F2002/30604A61F2002/30736A61F2002/30878Y10T29/49826
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Patent No.
US 9,301,848
App. No.
13/896,455
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of assembling a glenoid assembly. The method includes selecting a base from a plurality of bases. At least one of the plurality of bases has a size different than a size of one of the other of the plurality of bases. The selected base is coupled to an articulating member and the selected base is locked to the articulating member via a locking mechanism.

Claims (8)

1. The method of assembling a glenoid assembly, the method comprising:

selecting a base from a plurality of bases, wherein at least one of the plurality of bases has a size different than a size of one of the other of the plurality of bases, each of the plurality of bases having an articulating-member facing side and a glenoid attachment side, wherein each of the plurality of glenoid attachment sides include at least one glenoid attachment member extending outwardly and sized and shaped to extend into a patient's glenoid, wherein the glenoid attachment member of one of the plurality of bases differs from the glenoid attachment member of at least one other of the plurality of bases, and wherein each of the plurality of bases includes a locking mechanism sized and shaped to lock each of the plurality of bases to the articulating member, wherein the plurality of bases includes at least one finned peg and one wedge-shaped filler;

coupling the selected base to an articulating member; and

locking the selected base to the articulating member via a locking mechanism.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism includes a lip on one of the selected base and the articulating member and a recess on the other of the selected base and the articulating member.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism includes a pair of protrusions on one of the selected base and the articulating member and a pair of recesses on the other of the selected base and the articulating member.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting the selected base into a prepared glenoid.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the inserting the selected base into the prepared glenoid is performed before the selected base is coupled to the articulating member.

Continuity (2)
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