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US 11,432,935 B2Granted
Orthopaedic implants including peripheral aperture arrangements
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Paterson, Rudraksh Khosla
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for repairing bone defects and restoring functionality to a joint. The implants disclosed herein include augment geometries that may approximate a surface contour or bone void along a surgical site and include patterns of peripheral apertures that may be utilized for improved fixation of the implants at the surgical site.
Claims25
A method of installing an orthopaedic implant at a surgical site comprising:
- selecting a baseplate from a set of baseplates based on a surface profile of a surgical site;
- wherein each baseplate of the set of baseplates includes a plate body having a main body portion and a substantially wedge-shaped augment portion that cooperate to establish a front face and a rear face of the plate body, and a plurality of peripheral apertures extending between the front and rear faces, wherein a first reference plane extends along a longitudinal axis of the plate body to bisect the augment portion, the augment portion establishes an augment face section of the rear face, and the augment portion is dimensioned such that innermost and outermost points of the augment face section relative to the longitudinal axis are defined along the first reference plane;
- wherein the set of baseplates includes a first baseplate and a second baseplate, all of the peripheral apertures of the first baseplate arranged about the longitudinal axis establish a first pattern such that one or more of the peripheral apertures extend along the first reference plane, all of the peripheral apertures of the second baseplate arranged about the longitudinal axis are circumferentially offset from the first reference plane and establish a second pattern circumferentially offset from the first pattern, the circumferential offset measured by circumferential positions of the respective peripheral apertures in a clockwise direction from the outermost point relative to the longitudinal axis, the first and second patterns have a common circumferential spacing established and held between all of the respective peripheral apertures in both the first and second patterns, and all of the peripheral apertures that establish the respective first and second patterns are dimensioned to receive respective fasteners configured to secure the selected baseplate to bone;
- positioning the selected baseplate relative to the surface profile of the surgical site;
- and
- positioning a fastener in a respective one of the peripheral apertures to secure the selected baseplate to the surgical site.
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