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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventor:
Samuel Bachmaier, Mauern, DE;
Assignee:
ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4014 (2013.01); A61F 2/4003 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30332 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30571 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30784 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30822 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30881 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4018 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A humerus implant includes a cup shaped body and a locking adapter. The cup shaped body has a center portion and a plurality of flexible first sidewall segments and second sidewall segments, with gaps between neighbored sidewall segments. The first sidewall segments have a plurality of locking fins while the second sidewall segments having a plurality of recesses and holes. The locking adapter has means for fixing the locking adapter to the cup shaped body and a locking ring for locking the sidewall segments into their final positions.