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US 10,898,348 B2Granted
Surgical shoulder articulation replacement method
AssigneeTornier SAS
InventorsWilly Vivanz, Jean-Emmanuel Cardon
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Abstract
A surgical shoulder articulation replacement method is provided. The method can include providing a humeral implant having a hollow stem. The hollow stem can be provided with a sharp distal edge. The method can include impacting the humeral implant in a cancellous bone of a humeral head of a patient, with the sharp distal edge cutting the cancellous bone in the process.
Claims20
A surgical shoulder articulation replacement method comprising:
- a) providing a humeral implant having a hollow stem, said hollow stem being provided with a sharp distal edge comprising a non-circular continuous periphery,
- b) making a reference mark comprising a non-circular continuous periphery on a cancellous bone of a humeral head of a patient, the reference mark corresponding to the desired location of impaction of the sharp distal edge of the hollow stem;
- c) aligning the non-circular continuous periphery of the sharp distal edge of the hollow stem with the non-circular continuous periphery of the reference mark;
- d) impacting the humeral implant in the cancellous bone of the humeral head of the patient at the desired location of impaction, with the sharp distal edge cutting the cancellous bone in the process.
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A surgical shoulder articulation replacement method comprising:
- a) determining the size and shape of a humeral implant using imaging,
- b) providing the humeral implant with a hollow stem, said hollow stem having a sharp distal edge comprising a periphery,
- c) making a reference mark comprising an oblong continuous periphery on a cancellous bone of a humeral head of a patient, the oblong continuous periphery of the reference mark matching at least a portion of the periphery of the sharp distal edge of the hollow stem, the reference mark corresponding to the desired location of impaction of the sharp distal edge of the hollow stem;
- d) impacting the humeral implant in the cancellous bone of the humeral head of the patient at the desired location of impaction, with the sharp distal edge cutting the cancellous bone in the process.
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A surgical shoulder articulation replacement method comprising:
- a) providing a humeral implant having a hollow stem and a mounting surface comprising a mounting hole, said hollow stem being provided with a sharp distal edge and an interior channel, the mounting hole of the humeral implant being in communication with the interior channel of the hollow stem to provide an open passage from a proximal end of the humeral implant to a distal end of the humeral implant;
- b) impacting the humeral implant in a cancellous bone of a humeral head of a patient, with the sharp distal edge cutting the cancellous bone in the process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.