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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Yann Brunnarius, Chatuzange le Goubet, FR;
Pierric Deransart, Grenoble, FR;
Yann Brunnarius, Chatuzange le Goubet, FR;
Pierric Deransart, Grenoble, FR;
Biomet France SARL, Valence, FR;
Abstract
Prosthetic systems, devices, and methods for attaching prosthetic joint components to a vault-shaped portion of the anatomy. A device for attaching a glenoid joint component for a shoulder prosthesis to a glenoid cavity includes a body adapted to extend into the cortical bony vault of the glenoid cavity for supporting the glenoid joint component and a plurality of contact arms secured to the body and projecting outwardly from a central longitudinal axis of the body to define contact surfaces for engaging an internal face of a peripheral wall of a glenoid vault.