US 12,279,962 B2
Glenoid implant
Michael Francis Kovacs, Winona Lake, IN (US); John M. McDaniel, Warsaw, IN (US); Nathan A. Winslow, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Thomas M. Vanasse, Gainesville, FL (US); and Michael A. Wack, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,623.
Application 16/255,274 is a division of application No. 15/815,462, filed on Nov. 16, 2017, granted, now 10,258,478.
Application 15/815,462 is a division of application No. 14/459,935, filed on Aug. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,844,440.
Application 17/318,623 is a continuation of application No. 16/255,274, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,033,400.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259845 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4081 (2013.01) [A61F 2/30734 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30242 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30331 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30369 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30736 (2013.01); A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30825 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30879 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30881 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30891 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glenoid implant, comprising:
a body portion including an articular side, a bone-engaging side opposite the articular side, and a longitudinal axis extending through the articular side and the bone-engaging side;
a plurality of fastener apertures extending through the body portion between the articular side and the bone-engaging side, the fastener apertures being sized and shaped to receive bone fasteners to secure the glenoid implant to a bone, wherein the plurality of fastener apertures includes at least three apertures; and
a plurality of removable bone-engaging projections extending from the bone-engaging side of the body portion, each of the bone-engaging projections including a head portion that is configured to be received within one of a plurality of projection apertures formed in the bone-engaging side of the body portion.