Patent ID: 8021433
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthesis for partial replacement of a long bone in a patient, said prosthesis comprising: an end component forming one component of a prosthetic joint, said end component having a recess having an open end; a shaft having a shaft portion and a stem portion, said shaft portion being engageable with said end component and having a first end dimensioned and configured for receipt within said recess of said end component and said stem portion being engageable with the patient's long bone having a resected end face; and a collar having first and second opposing open ends and a throughbore extending between said open ends thereof, receivable over and mountable on said shaft, said collar being dimensioned and positionable on said shaft such that said second open end of said collar abuts the resected end face of the long bone, and wherein said second open end of said collar facing the resected end face of the long bone is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the resected end face of the long bone.