Patent ID: 7766968
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of replacing a shaft of a joint prosthesis having a body, a head, and a shaft after the joint prosthesis has been implanted in a patient, wherein the body is coupled to the head and the shaft has an outer surface adapted to interface with an intramedullary canal of the patient, comprising: creating an access aperture in the patient for access to the joint prosthesis; removing the shaft from the patient without removing both the body and the head from the patient and without decoupling the head from the body; inserting a replacement shaft into the patient; coupling the replacement shaft to the body without removing both the body and the head from the patient and without decoupling the head from the body; locking the replacement shaft into place in the patient; and closing the access aperture.