Patent ID: 7854767

Claim:
A modular prosthesis configured for receipt within a portion of a long bone, the modular prosthesis comprising: a prosthetic head having an articular surface, said articular surface comprising a replacement ball prosthesis for a ball-and-socket joint; a curved neck including an elongate body having an anatomically curved longitudinal axis, said body sized to extend through the long bone from a lateral aspect of the long bone to a head of the long bone, said body having a pair of opposing sides cooperating to define a first taper angle therebetween, said opposing sides tapered toward one another in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis of said body along a substantial length of said elongate body, whereby said opposing sides form a wedge transverse to said longitudinal axis, said wedge having a wedge height and a wedge width, said wedge height greater than said wedge width, said neck including a connector to couple said neck to said prosthetic head; and an anchor including an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and a bone contacting end, said anchor curved along said longitudinal axis, said anchor sized to extend through the lateral aspect of the long bone and substantially along an anatomical axis of the long bone such that said bone contacting end of said anchor abuts a cortical bone layer of the long bone, wherein one of said neck and said anchor includes an aperture extending therethrough, said aperture extending substantially transverse to said longitudinal axis of said one of said neck and said anchor, and the other of said neck and said anchor is sized for receipt within said aperture.