Patent ID: 8685036

Claim:
An assembly tool and prosthesis for use in joint arthroplasty, comprising: a first member defining a first member longitudinal axis and configured to be operably engaged with a first component of the prosthesis; a second member operably associated with a second component of the prosthesis, at least one of said first member and said second member being adapted to provide for the assembly of the first component to the second component, said second member operably associated with said first member for relative motion therebetween along the first member longitudinal axis; and an angular orientation feature cooperating with at least one of said first member and said second member for at least one of replicating and measuring the relative angular orientation of the first component with respect to the second component, wherein the first component and the second component are configured such that movement of the first member in a first direction along the first member longitudinal axis without rotation of any portion of the prosthesis about the first member longitudinal axis forces the first component to move in the first direction while the second member and the second component remain fixed with respect to the first member longitudinal axis thereby directly locking the first component with the second component.