Patent ID: 8551181

Claim:
A method of providing an acetabular prosthesis system to replace at least a portion of an acetabulum of an anatomy, comprising: positioning a trial cup relative to a first portion of the anatomy; positioning a trial cement mantle member in a selected first position relative to the positioned trial cup to replicate a cement mantle portion between an implanted cup and an implanted liner; positioning a trial liner relative to the trial cement mantle member, wherein the trial cement mantle member is between the trial liner and the positioned trial cup; holding the trial liner in a first position relative to the trial cement mantle member; passing a trial liner fixation member through a passage extending through the trial liner; wherein the trial liner fixation member includes a shank and a head portion, wherein the shank portion extends through the passage and the head portion bears against the trial liner to hold the trial liner in the first position; removing the positioned trial cement mantle member and the positioned trial cup; implanting the implantable cup relative to the first portion of the anatomy; and removing the trial liner and implanting an implantable liner; wherein implanting an implantable liner includes cementing the trial liner to the implantable cup.