# US 12,178,456 B2 · Guides and instruments for improving accuracy of glenoid implant placement

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- Number: US 12,178,456 B2
- Document ID: US12178456B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/847,258
- Filed: 2022-06-23
- Published: 2022-10-20
- 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/US12178456B2

## 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 reaming guide is provided that includes a peripheral member configured to mate with a peripheral guide feature; a rigid body extending from the peripheral member to adjacent to a reaming head of a reamer, where the rigid body is configured to be mounted to the reamer proximal of the reaming head; and a depth stop coupled with the rigid body, the depth stop having a distal portion configured to contact a first reamed glenoid surface when the reaming head has fully reamed a second reamed surface to a planned depth, the second reamed surface being angled to the first reamed surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A patient specific shoulder guide, comprising:
a hub member configured to face a glenoid surface located inward of a glenoid rim of a glenoid, the hub member defining a channel extending from a medial side of the hub member to a lateral side of the hub member, the channel sized and configured to receive a pin guide having a lumen for guiding a pin into the glenoid surface located inward of the glenoid rim of the glenoid;
a plurality of anterior peripheral members radially extending from the hub member, each anterior peripheral member including an elongate member terminating at an outer end having a contact member, the contact member extending from a lateral end that is attached to the elongate member to a medial end having a patient specific surface configured to contact a point of the glenoid rim of the glenoid of a specific patient;
a posterior peripheral member radially extending from the hub member, the posterior peripheral member including an elongate member terminating at an outer end having a contact member, the contact member of the posterior peripheral member extending from a lateral end that is attached to the elongate member of the posterior peripheral member to a medial end having a patient specific surface configured to contact a point of the glenoid rim of the glenoid of the specific patient; and
a guide feature coupled to and extending away from the hub member, the guide feature disposed between one of the plurality of anterior peripheral members and the posterior peripheral member, the guide feature defining an aperture sized and configured to receive a fixation member for securing the patient specific shoulder guide from rotation about a longitudinal axis defined by the channel, the aperture defined by the guide feature located adjacent to an outer end of the guide feature,
wherein a height of each contact member of each anterior peripheral member of the plurality of anterior peripheral members between the lateral end and the medial end of the contact member is greater than a height of the elongate member of each anterior peripheral member of the plurality of peripheral members to which the contact member is attached;
wherein, in use, all of the patient-specific surfaces of the plurality of anterior peripheral members contact an anterior portion of the glenoid rim and the patient-specific surface of the posterior peripheral member contacts a posterior portion of the glenoid rim, and
wherein, when the patient specific surfaces of the plurality of anterior peripheral members contact the anterior portion of the glenoid rim, the elongate member of the each of the plurality of anterior peripheral members is spaced apart from the glenoid.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 1, the hub member comprises a patient specific contact surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 1, wherein the guide consists of only three anterior peripheral members.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 1, wherein the hub member comprises a circular contact profile.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 1, wherein the hub member comprises an elongate contact profile.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 1, wherein the central member comprises an ellipsoid contact profile.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 4, wherein a longitudinal axis of the elongate contact profile extends in an anterior-posterior direction of the guide.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The patient-specific shoulder guide of claim 1, wherein the posterior peripheral member is a low-profile peripheral member having a contact member with a height that is less than the height of each contact member of the plurality of anterior contact members.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 8, wherein a lateral side of each elongate member of the plurality of anterior peripheral members is planar with the lateral side of the hub member.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The patient specific shoulder guide of claim 9, wherein the contact member of each anterior peripheral member of the plurality of anterior peripheral members has a cylindrical shape.

### Claim 11

A shoulder guide system, comprising:
a pin guide, the pin guide extending from a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen sized and configured to receive a fixation device, the distal end of the pin guide being tapered; and
a patient-specific locator including:
a hub member defining a channel extending from a medial side of the hub member to a lateral side of the hub member, the channel sized and configured to receive the distal end of the pin guide at least partially therein;
a plurality of anterior peripheral members radially extending from the hub member, each peripheral member of the plurality of anterior peripheral members including:
a contact member having a height extending from a lateral end of the contact member to a medial end of the contact member, the medial end of the contact member including a patient-specific surface configured to engage an anterior portion of a rim of a glenoid, and
an elongate member extending from the hub member to the contact member, the elongate member having a height from a medial side of the elongate member to a lateral side of the elongate member that is less than a height of the contact member such that, when the patient-specific surface engages the glenoid, a medial side of the elongate member is spaced apart from the glenoid; and
a posterior peripheral member radially extending from a lateral end to a medial end, the medial end of the contact member of the posterior peripheral member including a patient-specific surface configured to engage a posterior portion of the rim of the glenoid,
wherein a lateral surface of each contact member of the plurality of anterior peripheral members is planar with the lateral side of the hub member, and
wherein a lateral surface of the elongate member of the posterior peripheral member is offset from a plane defined by the lateral side of the hub member.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The shoulder guide system of claim 11, wherein the hub member defines a side channel sized and configured to receive a fixation device therein, the side channel located between one of the plurality of anterior peripheral members and the posterior peripheral member.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The shoulder guide system of claim 11, further comprising a guide feature extending from and coupled to the hub member between one of the plurality of anterior peripheral members and the posterior peripheral member, the guide feature defining a side channel sized and configured to receive a fixation member therein.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The shoulder guide system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of anterior peripheral members is a low-profile peripheral member having a height of its contact member being less than a height of the contact member of another anterior peripheral members of the plurality of peripheral members.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The shoulder guide system of claim 11, wherein an unobstructed region is defined between the elongate member of a first anterior peripheral member of the plurality of anterior peripheral members and the elongate member of the posterior peripheral member.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The shoulder guide system of claim 15, wherein an angle about a longitudinal axis defined by the channel between the elongate member of the first anterior peripheral member of the plurality of peripheral members and the elongate member of the posterior peripheral member that define the unobstructed region is 175 degrees or more.