US 11,771,561 B2
Total reverse shoulder systems and methods
Donald E. Running, Missoula, MT (US); Robert J. Ball, Holland, MI (US); and Jason Slone, Silver Lake, IN (US)
Assigned to Shoulder Innovations, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by SHOULDER INNOVATIONS, INC., Holland, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/58,058.
Application 18/058,058 is a continuation of application No. 17/435,333, previously published as PCT/US2020/022094, filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,708, filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090753 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4081 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1778 (2016.11); A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4085 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reverse shoulder implant, comprising:
a baseplate configured to be secured to a glenoid of a scapular bone of patient, the baseplate having a lateral end, a medial end, and a central channel extending therethrough from the lateral end to the medial end;
a central screw sized to at least partially pass through the central channel and secure the baseplate to the glenoid of the patient;
a locking nut having a cylindrical shape, an external thread on an outside surface of the locking nut and an internal thread on an internal surface of the locking nut, the locking nut configured to engage the central screw when the central screw and baseplate are implanted within the medical patient, wherein the external thread is configured to secure the locking nut to the central channel of the baseplate;
a glenosphere, having a lateral, convex articular side, a medial side, and a central channel extending from the convex articular side to the medial side and configured to interface with the baseplate; and
a glenosphere screw, sized to pass at least partially within the glenosphere central channel and having external threads sized to secure the glenosphere screw to the internal thread on the internal surface of the locking nut to secure the glenosphere to the locking nut.