Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Tornier, Inc.

Marine Godelu

Shawn Martin Gargac

George S Athwal

Charles L Penninger

Vincent Coulange

Robert Benjamin Rice

Anne Marie Schlamb

Céline Courtade-Jouanicq

Guillaume Rognin

Robert D Graham

Pascal Boileau

Gilles Walch

Pierric Deransart

Robert J Ball

William Jason Slone

Robert Z Tashjian

Matthew Victor Kartholl

Ryan D Koepke

Jon J P Warner

Jay D Keener

Douglas Charles Garman

Provided is a method of manufacturing a prosthesis for a fractured long bone of a patient, the method including the steps of: A) providing data representative of the fractured long bone in a patient; B) based on said data, designing the prosthesis specifically to the patient, the prosthesis including a stem part that is configured to secure fragment(s) of the fractured long bone at chosen securing position(s) that will apply chosen mechanical stress onto the bone fragments and reduce the risk of osteonecrosis of the bone fragments.

Method for manufacturing a patient-specific prosthesis for a fractured long bone

A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.

Guides and instruments for improving accuracy of glenoid implant placement

The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a prosthesis () for a fractured long bone of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: A) providing data representative of the fractured long bone, the fractured long bone comprising a diaphyseal fragment () comprising a medullary cavity (); B) based on said data, designing the prosthesis specifically to the patient, the prosthesis comprising a stem part () configured to be inserted into the medullary cavity, step B) comprising: a sub-step of choosing, specifically to the patient, a contact zone () of the medullary cavity onto which a respective chosen mechanical stress is planned to be applied by the stem part, and a sub-step of designing the stem part so that the stem part may be inserted into the medullary cavity and thus apply the chosen mechanical stress to said contact zone; and C) manufacturing the prosthesis designed at step B).

Patient-specific bone fracture prostheses and methods of making the same

Various apparatus and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method for performing shoulder surgery can include guiding a guide pin into the glenoid surface along a reaming axis. A partial reaming guide can be placed in contact with the glenoid surface over the guide pin. A reamer can be guided over the guide pin to ream the glenoid surface. The reamer can be further advanced over the guide pin until the reamer contacts the partial reaming guide, whereby such contact limits reaming to only a portion of the glenoid surface.

Apparatuses and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses

A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a plurality of peripheral members coupled with a peripheral body. The peripheral members have a patient specific contact surface. An open space (e.g., a single open space) is or can be provided radially between a central channel and an inner periphery of the peripheral body. The open space(s) can extend from a side of a spoke to another side of the same or a different spoke. The spoke can be a single spoke in some embodiments. The single open space can extend more than 120 degrees between circumferential ends of the open space.

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