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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventor:
Samuel Bachmaier, Mauern, DE;
Assignee:
ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4014 (2013.01); A61F 2/4059 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4018 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4022 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4037 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4051 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4074 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A humerus implant has a stem, cup shaped body and a locking adapter. The cup shaped body is locked to the stem by a key-slot mechanism. 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.