Patent ID: 6899736

Claim:
A shoulder joint prosthesis comprising two cooperating bearing bodies ( 11 ), a shaft ( 13 ) and a coupling ( 15 ) for the connection of the shaft ( 13 ) to one of the bearing bodies ( 11 ), wherein a support member ( 21 ) adjoins a lower side ( 19 ) of the bearing body ( 11 ) connectable to the shaft ( 13 ), an outer support surface ( 23 ) of said support member ( 21 ) at least partly filling a gap present between the bearing body ( 11 ) and the shaft ( 13 ) in the state connected to the shaft ( 13 ) such that the growing together of bone fragments is promoted; wherein the shaft ( 13 ) is provided with a support element ( 27 ), having a basket-like or quiver-like shape, which is mounted laterally at the shaft ( 13 ) and whose outer side forms a jacket surface of the shaft ( 13 ) merging into the support surface ( 23 ) of the support member ( 21 ) in the region of the transition from the shaft ( 13 ) into the support member ( 21 ); and wherein the support element ( 27 ) is provided with apertures ( 29 ).