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US 2019/0240035 A1Published application
Reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant having an elliptical glenosphere component
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorKyle E. Lappin
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Abstract
A reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant includes a glenosphere component having a lateral bearing surface configured to articulate with a humeral cup of a humeral prosthesis. A metaglene component includes a platform configured to receive glenosphere component.
Claims13
A method of surgically implanting a reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant, the method comprising the steps of:
- implanting a metaglene component in bone tissue of a glenoid surface of a scapula with a number of bone screws, the metaglene component having an elongated stem with a bore formed therein,
- installing a shaft of a screw cap into the bore of the metaglene component such that a locking flange of the screw cap is position at least partially over a head of each of the number of bone screws, and
- installing a glenosphere component having a bore formed therein over the metaglene component so as to capture the screw cap at least partially within the bore of the glenosphere component.
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