Abstract: Procedures for performing shoulder arthroplasties are disclosed, such procedures including performing various preparation steps for the humerus and glenoid to receive implants, and proceeding through placement of implants and/or prostheses at the surgical site. The techniques disclosed afford the benefit of being tissue sparing, and thus minimize damage or trauma to tissue at the surgical site, including allowing the subscapularis tendon to remain intact throughout the procedures. Various devices that enable the procedures are disclosed, including but not limited to humeral resection guides, glenoid guides, humeral guides, and handle assemblies, among other tools, components, and the like that can be used with such devices. In at least some embodiments, preparation steps include resecting a humeral head, and reaming and broaching the resulting humeral resection surface to receive an implant, and then a prosthesis, as well as reaming a glenoid so it can also receive an implant.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for preparing a glenoid to receive an implant using a transhumeral approach are disclosed. Various tools, such as a reamer attachment, can be disposed in a glenohumeral space proximate to the glenoid, and then a driver or other shaft can be separately introduced into the glenohumeral space. The driver can be coupled to the reamer attachment and then operated to treat or otherwise prepare the glenoid to receive an implant. After the reamer attachment is no longer needed to perform the desired treatment, it can be detached from the driver and both the reamer attachment and driver can be removed from the glenohumeral space. The disclosed systems, devices, and methods can be performed with or without a guidewire, and various other instruments, such as those for identifying a center of the glenoid, can be used.

Abstract: The invention relates to the compound 2-[1-(ethoxyimino)propy1]-3-hydroxy-5-(3-butyryl-2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-cy clohex-2-en-1-one in the form of an anhydrous crystalline powder and a process for the preparation of said anhydrous crystalline powder.