Patent ID: 7749277
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A containment system comprising: (a) a shell, the shell comprising a cavity and an outside surface and including at least one opening on the outside surface providing access to the cavity; (b) a liner, the liner comprising: (c) an implant stem head, the implant stem head comprising: (d) a separate femoral stem component which may be inserted into the cavity of the implant stem head, wherein the shell may be received by an acetabulum, and wherein the liner may be received in the cavity of the shell, and wherein after the implant stem head is inserted into the cavity of the liner, rotated within the liner, and the femoral stem component inserted into the cavity of the implant stem head, the implant stem head may articulate within the liner but cannot be removed from the liner.