Patent ID: 8231683
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthesis assembly for use with a scapula, comprising: a glenoid bearing support including: a glenoid vault-occupying portion configured to occupy at least a portion of a glenoid vault of the scapula, said glenoid-vault occupying portion having a first coupling component; and a glenoid rim replacement portion attached to said glenoid vault-occupying portion; and a bearing defining a bearing surface and having a second coupling component configured to cooperate with said first coupling component to couple said bearing to said glenoid vault-occupying portion, wherein said glenoid vault-occupying portion defines a bearing-side end portion and an opposite-side end portion, wherein said glenoid rim replacement portion projects outwardly from said bearing-side end portion of said glenoid vault-occupying portion, wherein said glenoid bearing support defines a bone graft receptacle; and wherein: