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Sizing instrument and punch for use in a surgical procedure to implant a stemless humeral component

US10085856B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29References

20Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Sarah M. Anthony · Leesburg, US
Matthew T. Stone · Cambridge, US
Scott A. Lubensky · Winona Lake, US
Chad Lawrence · Warsaw, US
David M. Warlop · Warsaw, US
Didier Poncet · Bron, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2015
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/4681
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stemless humeral component for replacing the humeral head of a patient's humerus includes a support flange having a number of cantilevered legs extending distally away from a bottom surface thereof. Instruments and methods for surgically installing the stemless humeral component are also disclosed.

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