Patent ID: 8808391

Claim:
A femoral implant comprising: a femoral head component; a stem component having a first end and a second end, wherein the femoral head component and the stem component comprise separate and distinct parts that are coupled with one another to define a modular femoral implant, wherein said first end is configured to couple to said femoral head component, wherein said second end is configured to be placed in a frustoconical or generally frustoconical cavity in a femoral bone of a patient, said second end including a frustoconical surface that terminates at a proximal free end defining a maximum diameter of said stem component, wherein the maximum diameter of said stem component is configured to extend across and over an outer diameter of a resected end of a femoral head of the femoral bone, and wherein the femoral head component comprises a free periphery end portion defining an inner aspect of the femoral head component that covers and extends oven the proximal free end of the frustoconical surface of the stem component.