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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Aaron Smits, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kurt Schmidt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Smits, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kurt Schmidt, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reverse modular humeral implant for implantation into a humerus that includes a natural humeral shaft and a natural humeral head. The implant includes a humeral stem implantable into the natural humeral shaft, and an adapter couplable to the humeral stem, the adapter including an anchoring projection configured to be coupled to a convex bearing.