US 12,083,021 B2
Glenoid implant
Stuart L. Axelson, Jr., Succasunna, NJ (US); Catherine Ann Hamann, Chester, NY (US); Katherine Victoria Ackley, Falls Church, VA (US); Grant Lieder Tribble, Hagerstown, MD (US); and Shreyas Sriram, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to ENCORE MEDICAL, L.P., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Encore Medical, L.P., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,381.
Application 18/101,381 is a continuation of application No. 17/594,573, granted, now 11,589,998, previously published as PCT/US2020/029947, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/838,633, filed on Apr. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165686 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4081 (2013.01) [A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30327 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30901 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4085 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glenoid implant comprising:
a body having a central aperture therethrough and including a boss coupled to and extending from a plate, the boss including a plurality of slots;
a plurality of fins, each of the plurality of fins being coupled with a respective one of the plurality of slots of the boss of the body such that each of the plurality of fins is configured to move from a first generally inward position towards a second generally outward position;
a collet including an interior threaded bore and a plurality of deflectable arms, the collet being configured to be at least partially received within the central aperture of the body such that each of the plurality of deflectable arms is generally adjacent to a respective one of the plurality of slots of the boss of the body; and
a plug including an exterior threaded portion and a tip portion, the exterior threaded portion of the plug being configured to threadingly engage with the interior threaded bore of the collet such that the tip portion of the plug is configured to engage with and cause the plurality of deflectable arms of the collet to move and cause the plurality of fins to move from the first generally inward position towards the second generally outward position, thereby aiding in securing the body to a scapula of a patient.