US 11,911,295 B2
Orthopaedic surgical saw assembly for removing an implanted glenoid component and method of using the same
Kyle E. Lappin, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Jason M. Chavarria, Warsaw, IN (US); Patrick G. McElhaney, Jr., Juniper, FL (US); and David M. Warlop, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,645.
Application 16/551,905 is a division of application No. 14/231,027, filed on Mar. 31, 2014, granted, now 10,390,970, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 14/231,027 is a division of application No. 13/371,979, filed on Feb. 13, 2012, granted, now 8,696,677, issued on Apr. 15, 2014.
Application 17/862,645 is a continuation of application No. 16/551,905, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,382,771, issued on Jul. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339006 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4612 (2013.01) [A61B 17/149 (2016.11); A61F 2/4081 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of surgically resecting a humeral head of a patient, comprising:
creating an incision in the patient to gain access to the humeral head,
positioning a flexible wire saw in a protective cannula such that a middle section of the wire saw extends out of the protective cannula and is positioned in contact with a posterior surface of the humeral head of the patient, and
reciprocating the flexible wire saw within the protective cannula while advancing the flexible wire saw anteriorly away from the posterior surface so as to cut through the humeral head of the patient so as to create a substantially planar surgically prepared surface.