US 11,865,012 B2
Glenoid implant anchor post
Robert Courtney, Jr., Pierceton, IN (US); Austin Wyatt Mutchler, Warsaw, IN (US); and R. Sean Churchill, Mequon, WI (US)
Assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,588.
Application 17/488,749 is a division of application No. 16/700,267, filed on Dec. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,160,662, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Application 15/379,359 is a division of application No. 12/398,750, filed on Mar. 5, 2009, granted, now 9,545,311, issued on Jan. 17, 2017.
Application 17/659,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/586,126, filed on Jan. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,344,423.
Application 17/586,126 is a continuation of application No. 17/488,749, filed on Sep. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,633,286.
Application 16/700,267 is a continuation of application No. 15/379,359, filed on Dec. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,524,922, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233323 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4081 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30822 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30881 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30884 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30892 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30897 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A glenoid prosthesis, comprising:
a first portion, the first portion including an outwardly curved surface and an inwardly curved surface, the outwardly curved surface sized and configured to engage a glenoid when the glenoid prosthesis is implanted, and the inwardly curved surface sized and configured to engage at least one of a humerus or a humeral component, the inwardly curved surface disposed on an opposite side of the first portion from the outwardly curved surface;
a second portion extending from the outwardly curved surface of the first portion, the second portion having a cylindrical shape extending from a first end to a second end and defining a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end;
at least one first deformable fin circumferentially arranged about the longitudinal axis defined by the second portion, the at least one first deformable fin adapted to engage cortical bone of a glenoid when the glenoid prosthesis is implanted; and
at least one second deformable fin circumferentially arranged about the longitudinal axis defined by the second portion, the at least one second deformable fin adapted to engage cancellous bone of a glenoid when the glenoid prosthesis is implanted.