Patent ID: 6506214
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
The method of applying cement onto the face of the glenoid cavity and introducing cement at least partially into the glenoid vault of a scapula for the fixation of a liner onto the face of the glenoid cavity, the scapula having a coracoid process projecting therefrom, comprising the steps of:creating an opening in the coracoid process adjacent the outer end thereof which communicates with the medullary canal of the coracoid process; creating an elongated bore in the medullary canal which extends from said opening in the coracoid process to the glenoid vault of the scapula; inserting an elongated, hollow tube, having distal and proximal ends, through said opening and into said bore so that the distal end thereof is in communication with the glenoid vault; applying suction to said proximal end of said tube to suction fluid and debris from the glenoid vault outwardly through said tube; positioning cement on the face of the glenoid cavity while suction is applied to said tube so that cement is at least partially introduced into the glenoid vault.