Patent ID: 11903840
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method, comprising:
driving a first component into a first bone, wherein the driving of the first component comprises rotating the first component by rotating a first driver engaged with a head of the first component in a first torque transmitting engagement;
removing the first driver from engagement with the head of the first component;
driving a second component into a second bone, wherein the driving of the second component comprises rotating the second component by rotating a second driver engaged with a polygonal socket of the second component in a second torque transmitting engagement;
removing the second driver from engagement with the socket of the second component;
inserting the head into the socket such that a continuously-adjustable, press-fit, axially-sliding arrangement is formed between the first component and the second component; and
adjusting a relative axial position of the first component and the second component, and wherein the continuously-adjustable, press-fit, axially-sliding arrangement maintains a selected relative axial position of the first component and the second component.