Patent ID: 9421106
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. An implant assembly comprising: a first component having a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and at least one borehole extending through the top and bottom surfaces; a second component having first and second circumferential recesses, the first circumferential recess defining a tapered wall having a minimum diameter and terminating at an open first base surface, the second circumferential recess defining a circumferential wall having a constant diameter and terminating at a closed second base surface, the constant diameter of the circumferential wall being less than the minimum diameter of the tapered wall, the first and second circumferential recesses being in communication with one another; and a third component having a head portion, a body portion and a central longitudinal axis, the head portion having a top surface and a circumferential side surface, the third component configured to be received at least partially within the at least one borehole of the first component, wherein at least a portion of the head portion of the third component extends outwardly from the top surface of the first component and the body portion of the third component extends outwardly from the bottom surface of the first component when the third component is engaged to the at least one borehole of the first component such that the circumferential side surface of the head portion can be slip-fit into the second circumferential recess of the second component and into engagement with the circumferential wall thereof by aligning the central longitudinal axis of the third component with a central longitudinal axis of the second circumferential recess of the second component, the slip-fit thereby guiding the side surface of the first component into the first circumferential recess by aligning a central longitudinal axis of the first component with the central longitudinal axis of the second circumferential recess of the second component prior to engagement of the side surface of the first component with the tapered wall of the second component, the top surface of the third component defines a plane extending about the top surface lying parallel and adjacent to the closed second base surface of the second component.