Device for the attachment of a glenoid prosthesis of the shoulder blade

• US 5,702,447 A
• Filed: 11/27/1996
• Issued: 12/30/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tornier Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tornier Incorporated
• Inventors: Boileau, Pascal, Walch, Gilles
• Primary Examiner(s): JONES, MARYBETH O
• Application Number:
  US08/758,030
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 623/16, 623/17, 623/18, 623/19, 623/20, 606/60, 606/61, 606/72, 606/73
• US Class Current: 623/19.11
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/68 Internal fixation devices , including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a part thereof projects from the skin bone staples A61B17/0642
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/809 with bone-penetrating elements, e.g. blades or prongs bone staples A61B17/0642; intramedullary nails with a plate at an end A61B17/7233
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8685 comprising multiple separate parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/30767 Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/4081 Glenoid components, e.g. cups
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30235 tubular, e.g. sleeves
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30324 differing in thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30387 Dovetail connection
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30433 using additional screws, bolts, dowels, rivets or washers e.g. connecting screws
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/305 Snap connection
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30507 using a threaded locking member, e.g. a locking screw or a set screw
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30579 with mechanically expandable devices, e.g. fixation devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30594 slotted, e.g. radial or meridian slot ending in a polar aperture, non-polar slots, horizontal or arcuate slots
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30604 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30805 Recesses of comparatively large area with respect to their low depth
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/3082 Grooves
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30836 knurled
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30878 with non-sharp protrusions, for instance contacting the bone for anchoring, e.g. keels, pegs, pins, posts, shanks, stems, struts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30892 parallel
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0025 Connections or couplings between prosthetic parts, e.g. between modular parts; Connecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0041 : using additional screws, bolts, dowels or rivets, e.g. connecting screws
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0069 : cylindrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0036 : differing in thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2310/00011 : Metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2310/00179 : Ceramics or ceramic-like structures
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2310/00796 : Coating or prosthesis-covering structure made of a phosphorus-containing compound, e.g. hydroxy(l)apatite

Abstract

A device for attaching a prosthesis including a metal foundation provided with a plate integrally formed with at least one anchoring pin consisting of elastically deformable wings and at least one the screw cooperating with a nut. The screw goes through the pin, to spread the wings into a position away from a longitudinal axis of the pin. The anchoring pin comprises an internal bore having a cylindrical base connecting the pin to the plate, and a circular counter-bore adjacent the bore of greater diameter than the internal bore of the pin, making it possible to spread the wings while maintaining their rigidity over their entire length.

Claims

1. A device for fastening a prosthesis against the hard layer of a bone, comprising:

a metal foundation including a plate and at least one anchoring pin consisting of elastically deformable wings surrounding an internal bore, at least one screw extending through said at least one anchoring pin, a nut adjustable along said at least one screw to spread said wings into a position away from a longitudinal axis of said at least one anchoring pin, said at least one anchoring pin having a cylindrical base connecting said at least one anchoring pin to said plate, said at least one anchoring pin having a circular counter-bore adjacent said base and communicating with said internal bore and being of greater diameter than said internal bore, said counter-bore making it possible to spread said wings as said nut moves relative to said at least one screw while maintaining rigidity of said wings over their length.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said cylindrical base is non-deformable.

3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one anchoring pin comprises at least three wings delimited by slots extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said at least one anchoring pin, said slots terminating in spaced relationship from said cylindrical base.

4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one anchoring pin has a conical entrance spaced from said base arranged at a free end of said wings.

5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said nut has two oppositely inclined flats a first of said flats comprises, on a periphery thereof, spaced, raised and outwardly extending guide flanges.

6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that said guide flanges are arranged so as to cooperatively seat within said slots in said at least one anchoring pin.

7. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that a second of said flats is inclined identically to a conical end profile of said at least one screw.

8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said plate comprises a bearing surface consisting of a network of recesses or projections.

9. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said plate is intended to receive on a face opposite said bearing surface a plastic or ceramic insert comprising an articular surface.

10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that said insert is locked in a tray.

11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that said tray is delimited by a rim having two parallel sections that each have ribs directed toward an inside of said tray.

12. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that said insert comprises a projecting part and a supple lip for locking said projecting part inside said tray.

13. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that the insert comprises a projecting part with a shape complementary to a shape of said tray, and said tray having a supple lip for locking said insert.