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US 8,038,719 B2Granted
Methods for less invasive glenoid replacement
AssigneeShoulder Innovations, Inc.
InventorStephen B. Gunther
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Abstract
The invention features a glenoid (shoulder socket) implant prosthesis, a humeral implant prosthesis, devices for implanting glenoid and humeral implant prostheses, and less invasive methods of their use for the treatment of an injured or damaged shoulder.
Claims14
A method of treating a patient, comprising the steps of:
- identifying a patient having a glenoid surface;
- reaming a cavity into the glenoid surface;
- and
- inserting a glenoid implant having a body and a peg, the body having a bearing surface on a peripheral edge thereof into the cavity, such that the peripheral edge of the body fully inset below the adjacent glenoid surface and is circumferentially surrounded by cortical bone of the glenoid.
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