Patent ID: 8211183
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a total hip arthroplasty, comprising: surgically accessing an acetabulum; preparing the acetabulum to receive a prosthetic acetabular cup; seating the prosthetic acetabular cup in the prepared acetabulum; fitting a prosthetic femoral head within the prosthetic acetabular cup, the prosthetic femoral head rotatable with respect to the prosthetic acetabular cup; surgically accessing a femur; preparing the femur to receive an intramedullary rod, the intramedullary rod having a neck bore; inserting into the femur at least a portion of the intramedullary rod including the neck bore; creating a femoral bore into the femur, the femoral bore defining a passage through the femur from a side of the femur opposite the acetabulum and through the neck bore in the inserted intramedullary rod; inserting a head-engaging end of a prosthetic femoral neck into the femoral bore, through the neck bore in the inserted intramedullary rod to engage the prosthetic femoral head; and joining the head-engaging end of the prosthetic femoral neck to the prosthetic femoral head.