US 12,109,120 B2
Pre-operatively planned humeral implant and planning method
Robert J. Ball, West Olive, MI (US)
Assigned to STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED, County Cork (IE)
Filed by STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED, Carrigtwohill (IE)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,242.
Application 17/215,242 is a continuation of application No. 16/164,555, filed on Oct. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,987,226.
Application 16/164,555 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/028470, filed on Apr. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/324,372, filed on Apr. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212837 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4014 (2013.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61F 2/40 (2013.01); A61F 2/4003 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61F 2002/30332 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30477 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30607 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4022 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4668 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00401 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00407 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00413 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pre-operative planning method for designing a humeral prosthetic implant having a cup including a stem projecting outwardly from a surface of the cup at at least one of an offset and an angle, the method comprising:
analyzing one or more of humerus stem size, length, head diameter, head height, head offset, rotation (axial), humeral diaphysis and/or metaphysis offset of a patient to be treated,
wherein the cup includes:
a first end and a second end, the first end defining a first interior recess that extends inwardly toward the second end;
an exterior backside extending from the second end toward the first end;
wherein a second additional recess is defined at the first end of the cup, the second additional recess sized and configured to receive a snap ring when the snap ring is inserted into a groove in an articular liner such that the interior recess is configured to receive and securely hold the articular liner, and
wherein the exterior backside is configured to be received within the head of the humerus, the exterior backside including at least one fin, rib, or projection extending away from the exterior backside and which is configured or sized and shaped to provide rotational control under a torsional load; and
storing a design for the humeral prosthetic implant in a non-transitory computer readable media.