Patent ID: 9517139
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A prosthesis assembly for use with a scapula, comprising: an acromion spacer unit configured such that when mounted on a scapula, the acromion spacer unit is separate from any component implanted at a midpoint of a glenoid fossa of the scapula such that a force against the mounted acromion spacer unit is not transferred to the component implanted at the midpoint; a first articulation surface on an inferior surface of the acromion spacer unit; a bone contacting surface on a superior surface of the acromion spacer unit; and a bone mounting member extending sideways from the acromion spacer unit and oriented such that when the acromion spacer unit is mounted on a scapula, the bone mounting member extends medially from the acromion spacer unit through an upper portion of the glenoid fossa and the acromion spacer unit is positioned at a height above a height of the midpoint of the glenoid fossa of the scapula.