Patent ID: 7955361

Claim:
A method of percutaneously implanting a first component and a second component of an orthopaedic assembly into a body of a patient, comprising the steps of: securing a first instrument to said first component, advancing said first component into said body, advancing said first instrument into said body such that a portion of said first instrument extends out of said body, securing a second instrument to said second component, advancing said second component into said body, advancing said second instrument into said body such that a portion of said second instrument extends out of said body, and advancing a third instrument into contact with both said first instrument and said second instrument so as to position said first component and said second component in a predetermined position relative to one another, wherein said step of advancing said first component into said body includes the step of securing said first component to a bone within said body, and said step of advancing said third instrument into contact with both said first instrument and said second instrument includes the step of moving said second component into contact with said first component.