Patent ID: 7297166

Claim:
An assembly tool for assembly of a first component of a prosthesis to a second component of the prosthesis for use in joint arthroplasty, said tool comprising: a first member operably associated with the first component, said first member defining a first member longitudinal axis thereof; and a second member operably associated with the second component, said second member defining a second member longitudinal axis thereof, said second member adapted to provide relative motion of said second member with respect to said first member when said second member is rotated relative to said first member about the second member longitudinal axis, wherein said first member includes a body defining a generally cylindrical longitudinal opening therein, wherein said second member includes a portion thereof matingly fitted to traverse with the cylindrical longitudinal opening of said first member, wherein said first member defines a spiral shaped slot therein extending from the cylindrical longitudinal opening to the outer periphery of said first member, and wherein said second member defines a pin extending outwardly from said second member and matingly fitted to traverse with the slot so that as said first member is rotated along the first member longitudinal axis relative said second member, said first member is urged relative the said second member along the first member longitudinal axis.