Patent ID: 8308809

Claim:
A method of implanting an implant forming one component of a joint prosthesis, the implant comprising an articulating surface and an axial cavity, the axial cavity being generally circular in cross section in a plane normal to the axis of the implant, at least a portion of the interior surface of the cavity comprising a roughened surface, the implant being detachably coupled to a spacing element, the method comprising the steps of: disposing at least the end of a bone in the cavity, the spacer element preventing the implant from fully seating on the end of the bone such that the implant and the end of the bone are in a predetermined spaced apart arrangement; rotating the implant while applying axial pressure to the implant in the direction of the bone such that bone is abraded by the roughened surface; removing the implant from the end of the bone; removing the spacing element from the implant; positioning the implant over the end of the bone such that the end of the bone is at least partially disposed within the cavity; and applying an axial impaction force to the implant until the implant is seated upon the end of the bone.