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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Charles L. Penninger, Warsaw, IN (US);
Shawn M. Gargac, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Robert Benjamin Rice, Warsaw, IN (US);
Anne Marie Schlamb, Leesburg, IN (US);
George S. Athwal, London, CA;
Robert D. Graham, Austin, TX (US);
Marine Godelu, Grenoble, FR;
HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
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.