Glenoid component for shoulder arthroplasty
US10182867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of making a glenoid component for shoulder arthroplasty includes obtaining a model of a glenoid vault morphology normalized from a population of a plurality of scapulae, the model being defined by a plurality of mutually parallel, triangular cross-sections, and producing a stem portion of the glenoid component based on the model.
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