Patent ID: 11925563
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of assembling an articular component of a prosthetic shoulder joint, the method comprising:
engaging an end of a coupler of a joint implant with a coupling portion of another component of the joint implant;
providing relative rotation between the end of the coupler and the coupling portion of the other component of the joint implant along a continuous range of rotational positions while the end is engaged with the coupling portion of the other component of the joint implant;
selecting an amount of eccentricity corresponding to a position within the continuous range of rotational position; and
securing the other component of the joint implant to the end of the coupler at the selected amount of eccentricity, wherein
providing relative rotation between the end of the coupler and the coupling portion of the other component comprises rotating a protrusion at the end of the coupler into engagement with a stop structure.