Patent ID: 8721727

Claim:
A method of repairing a shoulder joint of a patient, the method including: exposing a glenohumeral joint, the glenohumeral joint including a humerus and a glenoid; implanting a glenoid component into the glenoid, the glenoid component having a body and an anchor portion, the body defining an articulation surface and an anchor surface opposite the articulation surface and the anchor portion being centered on the body along a central axis of the glenoid component, the glenoid component having a mid-plane that extends through the central axis in a substantially infero-superior anatomical direction when the glenoid component is implanted, where the articulation surface is curved and has an apical portion that is offset in a first direction from the mid-plane of the glenoid component and a raised peripheral portion offset in a second direction from the mid-plane of the glenoid component; engaging a humeral head with the articulation surface such that the humeral head is seated against the apical portion of the articulation surface when the humeral head is in a neutral position; and articulating the humeral head against the articulation surface from the neutral position to a modified position such that the humeral head transitions from the apical portion toward the raised peripheral portion to assess a risk of luxation between the humeral head and the glenoid component when the humeral head is moved toward the modified position.