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The disclosure and prior art relates to joint arthroplasty devices and more particularly pertains to a new joint arthroplasty device for utilizing a modular glenoid component in an anatomic shoulder arthroplasty facilitating later conversion to a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty when needed.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a baseplate for engaging and securing to a scapula. The baseplate includes a receiver extending into the baseplate. A glenoid component has a cavity section and a shaft section. The shaft section of the glenoid component is insertable into the receiver for replacing a glenoid fossa of the scapula. A humeral ball is couplable to a stem for being secured to a humerus wherein the humeral ball abuts and is engaged to the glenoid section of the glenoid component.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A baseplate 24 is configured for engaging and securing to a scapula 26 in a conventional manner. The baseplate 24 has a plurality of connection holes 28 and a textured surface 30 to facilitate engagement of the baseplate 24 to the scapula 26. Screws 32 are used to secure the baseplate 24 to the scapula 26 in a conventional manner. The baseplate 24 further includes a receiver 34 extending into the baseplate 24. A glenoid component 36 has a cavity section 38 and a shaft section 40. The shaft section 40 of the glenoid component 36 is insertable into the receiver 34 wherein the glenoid component 36 is configured for replacing a glenoid fossa of the scapula 26. The shaft section 40 of the glenoid component 36 has a smooth exterior surface and is slidably insertable into the receiver 34 wherein the glenoid component 36. The glenoid component 36 is held in place relative to the baseplate 24 by anatomical compression within a shoulder when implanted known as a press fit using a morse-taper connection.
A glenosphere component 44 has a glenosphere part 46 and a shaft part 48. The shaft part 48 is shaped and sized similarly to the shaft section 40 of the glenoid component 36. Thus, the glenosphere component 44 and glenoid component 36 are interchangably insertable into the receiver 34 to facilitate replacement of the glenoid component 36 by the glenosphere component 44 in a subsequent surgical procedure in which the baseplate 24 remains secured to the scapula 26. The glenosphere part 46 is separable from the shaft part 48. The glenosphere part 46 has a recess 50 extending into a face 52 of the glenosphere part 46. The shaft part 48 includes a head portion 54 insertable into the recess 50 wherein the shaft part 48 and the glenosphere part 46 are joined to form the glenosphere component 44. The orientation of the head portion 54 within the recess 50 may alter or adjust the relative positioning of the shaft part 48 extending from the glenosphere part 46 in a conventional manner. The glenosphere component 44 is held in the joined state by anatomical compression within the shoulder after implantation.
The glenoid component 36 may be constructed of cobalt chromium (CoCr), a zirconium alloy, or a zirconia toughened alumina. The glenoid component 36 and the humeral ball 18 may be constructed of the same material. These materials are generally known for arthroplasty in the hip, but have not been applied to the shoulder.
Alternatively, the glenoid component 36 may comprise a polyethylene bearing surface layer 56 backed by metal which may be one of the above listed materials.
In use, the baseplate 24 and stem 12 are each secured to the scapula and humerus respectively using conventional methods. Anatomic arthroplasty is achieved by using the glenoid component 36 and humeral ball 18 combination being engaged to the baseplate 24 and stem 12. At a later time, such as after injury to a rotator cuff wherein a reverse shoulder arthroplasty may be deemed preferable, the anatomic arthroplasty may be converted to a reverse arthroplasty by replacement of the glenoid component 36 with the glenosphere component 44 combined with replacement of the humeral ball 18 by the humeral socket component 60. Simplified replacement of either the humeral ball 18 or the glenoid component 36 by a like piece may also be achieved in the event of failure, wear, or any other reason in which replacement may be desired. The replacements are achieved without having to remove or replace the baseplate 24 and stem 12 such that surgical time and resultant trauma to the patient is significantly reduced.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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62399863 | Sep 2016 | US |