Glenoid implant anchor post
AssigneeHowmedica Osteonics Corp.
InventorsRobert COURTNEY, JR., Austin Wyatt MUTCHLER, R. Sean CHURCHILL
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Abstract
A method of fixating a prosthesis to a glenoid is disclosed. The method includes forming a bore in the glenoid; positioning the prosthesis adjacent the glenoid, where the prosthesis includes a head portion and an anchor extending from a rear surface of the head portion; wherein the anchor includes a first fin and a second fin proximal of the first fin; advancing the anchor into the bore until the first fin is implanted within cancellous bone; and further advancing the anchor in the bore until a proximal-facing surface of the second fin is implanted within cancellous bone and abuts cortical bone.
Claims7
A method of fixating a prosthesis to a glenoid comprising:
- forming a bore in the glenoid;
- positioning the prosthesis adjacent the glenoid, the prosthesis comprising a head portion and an anchor extending from a rear surface of the head portion;
- wherein the anchor includes a first fin and a second fin proximal of the first fin;
- advancing the anchor into the bore until the first fin is implanted within cancellous bone;
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- further advancing the anchor in the bore until a proximal-facing surface of the second fin is implanted within cancellous bone and abuts cortical bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.