Patent ID: 8721726

Claim:
A resurfacing glenoid implant comprising a cup having a load bearing and sliding surface with a completely circular edge at one end intended to interact with a prosthetic humeral head, wherein the cup has a circular cylindrical periphery extending away from all of said completely circular edge of said load-bearing and sliding surface and positioning and fixation devices for embedding all of the cup in an anatomical glenoid cavity of a scapula in such a way that the load-bearing and sliding surface of the cup is integrated into and flush with a continuity of said anatomical glenoid cavity so as to be congruent with the prosthetic humeral head, the cup is attached to a tray having a lug for anchorage in the cavity, height of the cup and attached tray and lug is not greater than height of the anatomical glenoid cavity, and the cup has deformable stabilization lamellae extending laterally from the circular cylindrical periphery of the cup to interact with spongy bone of the anatomical glenoid cavity.