Patent ID: 11918239
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of aligning a rotationally asymmetric glenoid component to a glenoid of a specific patient, comprising:
exposing the glenoid;
applying a glenoid guide to the glenoid, the glenoid guide comprising a rotation control feature forming member, the rotation control feature forming member including a channel configured to define an elongated visual indicator in a predetermined position, and wherein a point at a bottom of an arc of the channel is on an axis extending from a center of a hub of the glenoid guide and through a center of a cylindrical body of a peripheral member of the glenoid guide;
forming a rotation control feature with reference to the rotation control feature forming member in or on the scapula at or adjacent to the glenoid;
advancing the rotationally asymmetric glenoid component onto the glenoid with reference to the rotation control feature to align the rotationally asymmetric glenoid component to the glenoid in a prescribed rotational orientation for the specific patient; and
securing the rotationally asymmetric glenoid component to the glenoid in the prescribed rotational orientation for the specific patient.