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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Lieven DE Wilde, Ghent, BE;
Kyle Lappin, Ft Wayne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Lieven De Wilde, Ghent, BE;
Kyle Lappin, Ft Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of shoulder arthroplasty in one embodiment includes accessing a scapula, identifying an inferior glenoid circle center of the scapula, preparing a glenoid fossa of the scapula to receive a prosthesis, selecting a glenoid component, and implanting the selected glenoid component based upon the identified inferior glenoid circle center in the prepared glenoid fossa.