US 11,865,009 B2
Elbow joint prostheses
Matthew Victor Kartholl, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Brad Alan Parker, Warsaw, IN (US); Kevin Alika Farley, Leesburg, IN (US); and Ryan D. Koepke, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,886.
Application 17/583,886 is a division of application No. 17/279,846, granted, now 11,266,507, previously published as PCT/US2019/052852, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,790, filed on Oct. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142785 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/3804 (2013.01) [A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/4637 (2013.01); A61F 2/4605 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30383 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30494 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30495 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30528 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30602 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3809 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3813 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3827 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A surgical method, comprising:
attaching a distal portion of a stem to a first bone;
placing an opening of an articular assembly on a proximal end of the stem, the articular assembly comprising:
a concave surface disposed on the articular assembly opposite the opening to face a second bone opposite the first bone, a collar defining the opening, a space extending from the opening into the interior of the articular assembly, an interior surface proximate to the opening, and a trapping member at least partially disposed in the opening; and
advancing a proximal end of the stem through the trapping member such that the proximal end is at least partially disposed between the trapping member and the concave surface and the trapping member is disposed between the proximal end of the stem and the interior trapping surface,
wherein the articular assembly further comprises an articular member and a locking ring, and wherein the articular member comprises the trapping member and the concave surface.