# US 12,178,455 B2 · Guides and instruments for improving accuracy of glenoid implant placement

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- Number: US 12,178,455 B2
- Document ID: US12178455B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/650,722
- Filed: 2022-02-11
- Published: 2022-05-26
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-11
- Assignees: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Applicants: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Inventors: Nicolas Neichel; Benoit Le Negaret
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12178455B2

## CPC

- A61B 17/1778: {for the shoulder}
- A61B 17/1684: {for the shoulder}
- A61B 34/10: Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
- A61F 2/30734: {Modular inserts, sleeves or augments, e.g. placed on proximal part of stem for fixation purposes or wedges for bridging a bone defect}
- A61F 2/4081: {Glenoid components, e.g. cups}
- A61F 2/4612: {of shoulders}
- A61B 17/1659: {Surgical rasps, files, planes, or scrapers}
- A61B 2017/568: {produced with shape and dimensions specific for an individual patient}
- A61B 2034/105: {Modelling of the patient, e.g. for ligaments or bones}
- A61B 2034/108: {Computer aided selection or customisation of medical implants or cutting guides}
- A61F 2002/30736: {Augments or augmentation pieces, e.g. wedges or blocks for bridging a bone defect}
- A61F 2002/4085: {having a convex shape, e.g. hemispherical heads}
- A61F 2002/4687: {Mechanical guides for implantation instruments}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A reaming guide for guiding a reamer for reaming a bone, the reaming guide comprising:
a rigid body including a peripheral member and a reamer interface, the reamer interface configured for mounting to a reamer; and
a removable peg including:
a body extending from a proximal shoulder to a distal shoulder,
a proximal portion extending proximally from the proximal shoulder of the body, and
a distal projection extending distally from the distal shoulder of the body,
wherein the peripheral member defines a recess sized and configured to receive the proximal portion of the removable peg,
wherein the distal projection of the removable peg is sized and configured to be received in a peripheral guide feature formed in a bone;
wherein, when the removable peg is coupled to the peripheral member, the distal shoulder of the removable peg is configured to contact a first reamed glenoid surface such that the removable peg and the peripheral member function as a depth stop for indicating when the reamer has reamed a second reamed glenoid surface to a planned depth, the second reamed glenoid surface being angled to the first reamed surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The reaming guide of claim 1, wherein the peripheral member defines a slot sized and configured to receive a ridge of the removable peg.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The reaming guide of claim 1, wherein, when the removable peg is disposed within the recess defined by the peripheral member, the peripheral member and the body of the removable peg has a combined length that is specific to a particular patient.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The reaming guide of claim 1, further comprising a rotation control interface provided between the removable peg and the peripheral member to limit rotation between the rigid body and the removable peg.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The reaming guide of claim 4, wherein the rotation control interface comprises a slot defined by the peripheral member, and the removable peg comprises a ridge provided on the proximal portion of the removable peg, wherein the ridge can be received in the slot when the proximal portion of the removable peg is received within the recess defined by the peripheral member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A reaming assembly comprising:
a reaming guide of claim 1; and
a reamer that includes a guide interface that forms a portion of the reamer;
wherein the reaming guide is removably attachable to the reamer by cooperation of the reamer interface and the guide interface.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The reaming assembly of claim 6, wherein the reamer comprises a cannulated handle and a head for reaming the bone where the head is rotated by a shaft within the cannulated handle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The reaming assembly of claim 7, wherein the reamer interface includes an actuator that is movable along a longitudinal axis of the cannulated handle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The reaming assembly of claim 8, wherein the guide interface includes an axial member on a distal end thereof that translates with the cannulated handle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The reaming assembly of claim 9, wherein the reamer includes a lateral peg that is fixed thereon and is not movable with the actuator, wherein retracting the actuator moves the axial member proximal of the lateral peg, whereby the reaming guide can be moved laterally such that a first aperture thereof receives the lateral peg.

### Claim 11

A reaming guide, comprising:
a body extending from a first end to a second end;
a reamer interface disposed at the first end of the body, the reamer interface defining a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture sized and configured to be engaged by a lateral peg of a reamer that extends in a first direction, and the second aperture sized and configured to be engaged by an axial member of the reamer that extends in a second direction that is different from the first direction; and
a peripheral member disposed at the second end of the body, the peripheral member including a distal portion configured to contact a first reamed glenoid surface and function as a depth stop for the reamer to indicate when the reamer has formed a second glenoid surface to a planned depth, the second reamed glenoid surface disposed at an angle with respect to the first reamed glenoid surface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The reaming guide of claim 11, wherein the peripheral member defines a guide lumen sized and configured to receive a guide pin.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The reaming guide of claim 12, wherein the guide lumen defines a central axis that is parallel with a central axis defined by the second aperture of the reamer interface.

### Claim 14

A reaming assembly, comprising:
a reamer, the reamer including:
a body defining a longitudinal axis,
a guide interface extending radially outwardly from a body of the reamer, the guide interface including a lateral peg and an axial member, and
an actuator configured to be moved along the longitudinal axis defined by the body from a first position and a second position; and
a reaming guide, including:
a body extending from a first end to a second end;
a reamer interface disposed at the first end of the body, the reamer interface defining a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture sized and configured to be engaged by the lateral peg of the reamer, and the second aperture sized and configured to be engaged by the axial member of the reamer; and
a peripheral member disposed at the second end of the body, the peripheral member including a distal portion configured to contact a first reamed glenoid surface and to function as a depth stop for the reamer to indicate when the reamer has formed a second glenoid surface to a planned depth, the second reamed glenoid surface disposed at an angle with respect to the reamed glenoid surface.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The reaming assembly of claim 14, wherein movement of the actuator between the first position and the second position causes movement of the axial member and does not cause movement of the lateral peg.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The reaming assembly of claim 15, wherein the axial member is at least partially disposed within the second aperture when the actuator is disposed in the first position, and wherein the actuator is disengaged from the second aperture when the actuator is in the second position.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The reaming assembly of claim 14, wherein the peripheral member of the reaming guide defines a guide lumen sized and configured to receive a guide pin.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The reaming guide of claim 17, wherein the guide lumen defines a central axis that is parallel with a central axis defined by the second aperture of the reamer interface.