DEVICE FOR ACROMION REPLACEMENT
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220192837A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17442970

    申请日:2020-03-27

    Applicant: Exactech, Inc.

    Inventor: BRIAN BARNARD

    Abstract: A device includes an acromion portion sized and shaped to replicate functions of the native acromion, and a fixation portion connected to the acromion portion, the fixation portion including a first arm portion and a second arm portion spaced apart from the first arm portion, wherein the first arm and second arm portions are positioned such that, when the device is positioned such that the acromion portion is in a native position of the absent native acromion, the first arm portion overlays a superior face of a scapular spine of the scapula and the second arm portion overlays an inferior space of the scapular spine of the scapula, wherein each of the first arm portion and the second arm portion includes at least one screw fixation point extending therethrough and configured to receive a screw therein so as to secure the device to the scapula.

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