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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Joseph P. Iannotti, Strongsville, OH (US);
Kimerly A. Powell, Powell, OH (US);
Gerald R. Williams, Jr., Villanova, PA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph P. Iannotti, Strongsville, OH (US);
Kimerly A. Powell, Powell, OH (US);
Gerald R. Williams, Jr., Villanova, PA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A glenoid component apparatus for shoulder arthroplasty includes a bearing portion and a stem portion connected to the bearing portion. The stem portion is modeled from a normalized glenoid vault morphology. A method for making a glenoid component for shoulder arthroplasty includes obtaining a model of a normalized glenoid vault morphology and producing a stem portion of the glenoid component based on the model.