Patent ID: 6494913
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method of resecting a humeral-head in preparation for installing a shoulder prosthesis in a patient, comprising:forming a bore in the medullary canal of the humerus with a reamer; defining a desired resection-surface in the head of the humerus relative to the reamer positioned within the medullary canal; maintaining the reamer inserted in the medullary canal; and forming the desired resection-surface with one or more cutting instruments; wherein the step of defining includes mounting a cutting guide on the reamer, the cutting guide being adapted to guide one or more of the cutting instruments to form the desired resection-surface, the cutting guide further being adapted to engage a shoulder on at least one of the cutting instruments to limit the cutting depth of the instrument; and wherein the at least one cutting instrument includes a counter-bore receivable by the cutting guide.