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Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,321 · App. 17/975,767 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Augmented glenoid with groove

Inventors: Clinton E. Kehres (Warsaw, IN); Michael Francis Kovacs (Winona Lake, IN); Thomas Michael Vanasse (Gainesville, FL)
Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
A61F2/4081A61F2/30A61F2/40A61F2002/30487A61F2002/30736A61F2002/3082A61F2002/30878A61F2002/30881A61F2002/4085A61F2310/00011
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Patent No.
US 12,220,321
App. No.
17/975,767
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an implant. The implant can include a body and a plurality of fixation members. The body can define an articular surface and a bone engaging surface opposite the articular surface. The bone engaging surface can define a groove that separates a first section of the bone engaging surface from a second section of the bone engaging surface. The plurality of fixation members can extend from the bone engaging surface.

Claims (51)

1. A glenoid implant, comprising:

a body defining an articular surface and a bone-engaging surface opposite the articular surface, the bone-engaging surface defining only a single groove that separates a first section of the bone-engaging surface from a second section of the bone-engaging surface, the groove extending to a peripheral edge of the bone-engaging surface; and

a plurality of fixation pegs extending from the bone-engaging surface,

wherein:

a fixation peg of the plurality of fixation pegs extends along a central axis;

the fixation peg includes a cylindrical peg body that extends along the central axis;

the fixation peg further includes a plurality of fixation elements that each protrude radially from the cylindrical peg body; and

the central axis is a three-fold axis of rotational symmetry for each fixation element of the plurality of fixation elements.

2. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fixation pegs includes:

a first fixation peg disposed within and surrounded by the first section of the bone-engaging surface;

a second fixation peg disposed within and surrounded by the second section of the bone-engaging surface; and

a third fixation peg that intersects the groove.

3. The glenoid implant of claim 2 , further comprising a boss extending from the bone-engaging surface, the boss dividing the groove into a first portion and a second portion, the third fixation peg intersecting the first portion of the groove.

4. The glenoid implant of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of fixation pegs surrounds the boss.

5. The glenoid implant of claim 3 , wherein the second portion of the groove is disposed between the first fixation peg and the second fixation peg.

6. The glenoid implant of claim 5 , wherein:

the second portion of the groove defines a groove axis; and

the first fixation peg and the second fixation peg have respective central axes that are disposed in a plane that is substantially orthogonal to the groove axis.

7. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the fixation elements are equally spaced along the central axis.

8. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein:

the fixation peg has a proximal end at the body and extends to a distal end away from the body; and

the fixation elements are located closer to the distal end than the proximal end.

9. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fixation elements includes three fixation elements.

10. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the fixation pegs are formed from metal.

11. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the fixation pegs are formed from at least one of surgical grade stainless steel and cobalt.

12. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the fixation pegs are press fitted into the body.

13. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the bone engaging surface is a distalmost surface of the body.

14. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the articular surface and the bone engaging surface are farther apart in the first section of the bone engaging surface than in the second section of the bone engaging surface.

15. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the body defined between the articular surface and the bone engaging surface is greater along the first section of the bone engaging surface than along the second section of the bone engaging surface.

16. The glenoid implant of claim 1 , wherein the first section of the bone engaging surface is angled with respect to the second section of the bone engaging surface.

17. A glenoid implant, comprising:

a body defining an articular surface and a bone-engaging surface opposite the articular surface, the bone-engaging surface defining only a single groove that separates a first section of the bone-engaging surface from a second section of the bone-engaging surface, the groove extending to a peripheral edge of the bone-engaging surface;

a boss extending from the bone-engaging surface, the boss dividing the groove into a first portion and a second portion;

a first fixation peg extending from the bone-engaging surface and disposed within the first section of the bone-engaging surface;

a second fixation peg extending from the bone-engaging surface and disposed within the second section of the bone-engaging surface; and

a third fixation peg extending from the bone-engaging surface and intersecting the first portion of the groove,

wherein:

the first fixation peg extends along a central axis;

the first fixation peg includes a cylindrical peg body that extends along the central axis;

the first fixation peg further includes a plurality of fixation elements that each protrude radially from the cylindrical peg body; and

the central axis is a three-fold axis of rotational symmetry for each fixation element of the plurality of fixation elements.

18. A glenoid implant, comprising:

a body defining an articular surface and a bone-engaging surface opposite the articular surface, the bone-engaging surface defining only a single groove that separates a first section of the bone-engaging surface from a second section of the bone-engaging surface, the groove extending to a peripheral edge of the bone-engaging surface;

a first fixation peg extending from the bone-engaging surface and disposed within the first section of the bone-engaging surface;

a second fixation peg extending from the bone-engaging surface and disposed within the second section of the bone-engaging surface;

a third fixation peg extending from the bone-engaging surface and intersecting the groove, the third fixation peg extending along a central axis; and

a boss extending from the bone-engaging surface, the boss dividing the groove into a first portion and a second portion, the boss configured to accept a removable central peg,

wherein:

the third fixation peg includes a cylindrical peg body that extends along the central axis;

the third fixation peg further includes a plurality of fixation elements that each protrude radially from the cylindrical peg body; and

the central axis is a three-fold axis of rotational symmetry for each fixation element of the plurality of fixation elements.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 15496958 · Apr 25, 2017
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