Patent ID: 7179259

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a modular hip implant assembly for a hip joint including at least one stem body implantable into a femoral bone, the stem body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral bore at an angle to the longitudinal axis at a proximal end of the stem body; at least one lateral fastener for insertion into the lateral bore; an implantable support plate configured for attachment to a lateral surface of the femur with the at least one lateral fastener: an instrument assembly for fastening the lateral fastener into the lateral bore of the stem body, the instrument assembly comprising: an outrigger including a leg and a C-shaped arm defining a plane at an angle relative to the leg, the C-shaped arm having first, second and third portions, the first portion extending at an angle from a proximal end of the leg, the second portion extending between the first and third portions, the first portion substantially parallel to the third portion, the third portion couplable to the a proximal end of the stem body, such that the lea is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stem body, and the first, second and third portions define a lateral opening that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stem body and configured to allow the abductor muscles of the femoral bone to pass therethrough between the implantable support plate and the femoral bone; and an alignment tube extending from the leg such that the alignment tube is substantially coaxial with the lateral bore of the stem body.