Patent ID: 9724148
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,B01F

Claim:
1. A method of inserting bone cement into a scapula a patient comprising: forming first and second openings in the scapula of the patient at a face of the glenoid cavity; inserting a first section of a nozzle including a leading tip into the first opening; positioning a second section of the nozzle on the exterior of the first opening, each of the first and second sections being straight and being aligned relative to one another at an obtuse angle; positioning a flexible bumper against the face of the glenoid cavity with the flexible bumper positioned along the first section of the nozzle and extending radially outward from the first section of the nozzle; moving the bone cement through an interior of the nozzle and through the leading tip and into the first opening in the glenoid cavity; filling the first opening with the bone cement and preventing the bone cement from escaping from the first opening by the flexible bumper that is positioned against the face of the glenoid cavity; inserting a tip of a suction device into the second opening in the glenoid cavity and applying suction through the suction device to the second opening and drawing the bone cement into the cancellous bone of the scapula from the first opening in the glenoid cavity; and after applying the suction, removing the tip of the suction device from the second opening and inserting the first section of the nozzle into the second opening and filling the second opening with the bone cement.