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Glenoid resurfacing system and method

  • US 9,662,126 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2010
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for repairing a defect on a portion of an articular surface of a patient'"'"'s glenoid, said system comprising:

  • an excision device including;

    a cannulated shaft having a first and a second open end defining a longitudinally disposed passageway configured to be advanced over a guide pin, anda reamer including a first and a second cutter configured to extend radially outward about said cannulated shaft at an angle approximately 180 degrees from each other, said at least one cutter including a cutting surface having a generally arcuate shape sweeping towards a proximal end of said cannulated shaft configured to form a generally hemispherical excision site in said glenoid while said excision device is rotated about, and advanced over, said guide pin; and

    wherein said reamer and said cannulated shaft are configured to be advanced in a space between the articular surfaces of said patient'"'"'s humerus and scapula such that a rotational axis of said excision device is non-perpendicular to said glenoid articular surface.

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