Shoulder Arthroplasty System Provides Adjustable Neck Positioning

An innovative modular shoulder replacement system provides the ability to “dial in” the humeral neck shaft-angle position.

The Turon modular shoulder replacement system offers different humeral head and glenoid sizes, as well as proprietary Intrinsic Modular Indexable Neck (IMIN) technology, which allows the surgeon to fit the patient’s anatomy, without the need for adjunctive screw fixation and complex jigs and back table fixtures. The technology helps restore the individual patient anatomy with increased precision compared to a fixed neck only design, thereby providing optimum joint stability and range of motion, and without compromising implant fixation.


The system's humeral stems are designed to provide enhanced press-fit fixation and rotational stability, allowing the surgeon to utilize the IMIN modular neck technology to provide humeral head tilt adjustment, with the flexibility needed to optimize joint stability and range of motion in an easy to use and reproducible platform. The glenoid implant features a central peg designed to compress when implanted and provide enhanced fixation. The Turon modular shoulder replacement system is a product of DJO Global (San Diego, CA, USA).

“We are very excited about our new Turon modular shoulder,” said Mike Mogul, CEO of DJO Global. “The addition of Turon along with our industry-changing reverse shoulder prosthesis demonstrates our leadership and commitment to move orthopedic technology forward in shoulder replacement surgery.”

“The Turon IMIN system is quite simple and elegant; it allows us to dial in the humeral neck angle and set it in situ,” said Richard Hawkins, MD, an orthopedic shoulder surgeon at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas (Greenville, SC, USA). “Along with the modularity in different humeral head and glenoid sizes, the Turon shoulder enables us to achieve a more anatomic fit and thus better outcomes for our patients. I am pleased to have helped develop this system.”

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