Patient specific reconstructive glenoid systems and methods
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsNathan A. Winslow, Michael Francis Kovacs, John Schulz
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Abstract
A system for repairing a glenoid defect of a specific patient can include a patient-specific punch and a patient-specific shaping block. The patient-specific punch can form a patient-specific glenoid implant from a bone puck. The patient-specific shaping block can shape the patient-specific glenoid implant to match and fill a glenoid defect of a specific patient.
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A system for repairing a glenoid defect of a specific patient, the system comprising:
- an impactor body;
- and
- a patient-specific punch coupled to the impactor body, the patient-specific punch including a patient-specific void corresponding to the glenoid defect;
- wherein the impactor body is configured to drive the patient-specific punch into an implant material to form a patient-specific glenoid implant.
A system for repairing a glenoid defect of a specific patient, the system comprising:
- a patient-specific punch including a patient-specific void corresponding to the glenoid defect, the patient-specific punch configured to form a patient-specific glenoid implant;
- and
- a patient-specific shaping block configured to receive the patient-specific glenoid implant in a shaping void that matches the glenoid defect;
- wherein the patient-specific glenoid implant is configured to be impacted such that the shaping void shapes the patient-specific glenoid implant to fill the glenoid defect.
A method for repairing a glenoid defect of a specific patient, the method comprising:
- driving a patient-specific punch into an implant material to create a patient-specific glenoid implant, wherein the patient-specific punch includes a patient-specific void corresponding to the glenoid defect;
- placing the patient-specific glenoid implant in a patient-specific shaping block including a shaping void that matches the glenoid defect;
- and
- impacting the patient-specific glenoid implant, such that the patient-specific shaping block shapes the patient-specific implant to fill the glenoid defect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.