Shoulder Innovations was founded 11 years ago. When all the device companies were focused on their early reverse shoulder designs, an entrepreneurial surgeon and his partners focused on a better glenoid implant design.
I sat down with Dr. Steve Gunther, co-founder to learn the Shoulder Innovations story.
#1 - How did Shoulder Innovations get started? Take us back to the inception of the idea. We would love to hear the backstory.
Shoulder Innovations began as an idea in my head. I performed a 6-hour total shoulder revision surgery in the late 1990s when I was a young faculty member at UCSF/Stanford Healthcare. The previous bone grafted total shoulder, performed 22 years previously, loosened and the loose fixation screws migrated out of the joint. The anterior screw fragment was lost in the anterior soft tissues. After 4 hours of anterior soft tissue dissection, I carefully removed the screw fragment from the axillary sheath, right next to the axillary artery and vein. This was my wake-up call. There must be a better way to perform shoulder replacement surgery on deficient bone without bone grafts and screws!
#2- How was Shoulder Innovations init...
