US 11,766,334 B2Granted

System and method for repairing articular surfaces

AssigneeArthrosurface Incorporated

InventorsSteven W. Ek, Steven E. Ek, Nikhil T. Jawrani

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Abstract

A total joint replacement system comprising a first and a second implant system. The first implant system includes a first implant having a first load bearing surface based on a first removed portion of an articular surface of a patient's first bone, and a first anchor having a first threaded region configured to be secured into the first bone, wherein the first anchor is configured to be secured to the first implant. The second implant system includes a second implant having a second load bearing surface based on a second removed portion of an articular surface of a patient's second bone, and a second anchor having a second threaded region configured to be secured into the second bone, wherein the second anchor is configured to be secured to the second implant.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A joint replacement system for repairing a first articular surface and a second articular surface corresponding to a humerus and a oppositely arranged glenoid cavity, respectively, said system comprising:

a humerus implant system comprising:
a first implant having a first load bearing surface;
and
a first anchor having a first threaded region configured to be secured into said humerus, wherein said first anchor is configured to be secured to said first implant;
and
a glenoid cavity implant system comprising:
a second implant having a hemispherical load bearing surface configured to articulate against said first load bearing surface;
and
a second anchor having a second threaded region configured to be secured into said glenoid cavity, wherein said second anchor is configured to be secured to said second implant;
and
a support plate, said support plate configured to be secured to said second anchor and further configured to be secured to said second implant.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/854,270Filed 21 Apr 2020 · continuation
Priority: 7 Mar 2014
Published: US 2021/0030549 A14 Feb 2021
Granted: 26 Sep 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

A61F 2/40
Joints: for shoulders
A61B 17/0642
Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue: for bones, e.g. for osteosynthesis or connecting tendon to bone
A61F 2/28
Prostheses implantable into the body: bones
A61F 2/30
Prostheses implantable into the body: joints

Family

Application61/949,824Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2014
Application61/949,789Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2014
Application61/949,774Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2014
Application61/950,762Us provisional application · filed 10 Mar 2014
Application14/640,774Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Mar 2015
Application15/973,981Parent of this continuation · filed 8 May 2018
US 9,962,265 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 8 May 2018
US 2021/0030549 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Feb 2021
US 10,624,754 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0250594 A1Published application
US 2019/0105166 A1Published application
US 11,766,334 B2This patent

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