Patent ID: 9532880
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A method of implanting a reverse shoulder orthopaedic prosthesis, the method comprising: implanting a metaglene component into a patient's scapula, selecting a glenosphere component having a curved lateral bearing surface, securing the glenosphere component to the metaglene component in an orientation in which the glenosphere component has an anterior/posterior width that is greater than its superior/inferior width, and selecting a humeral cup including a bearing surface configured to engage the lateral bearing surface of the glenosphere component, wherein the anterior/posterior width is defined by a first imaginary line segment extending from an anterior-most point of the lateral bearing surface to a posterior-most point of the lateral bearing surface, and wherein the superior/inferior width is defined by a second imaginary line segment extending from a superior-most point of the lateral bearing surface to an inferior-most point of the lateral bearing surface.