Patent ID: 8603099

Claim:
A method of assembling an implant, the method comprising: a) providing a first implant component and a second implant component, the first implant component and second implant component configured for connection by forcing connection features on the first component into engagement with connection features on the second component; b) providing an impactor device comprising a shaft including an axial wall, an impaction surface, and an implant engagement surface, wherein a plurality of holes are formed in the axial wall of the shaft; c) aligning the connection features of the first implant component with the connection features of the second implant component; d) placing the implant engagement surface of the impactor device and the first implant component in contact; e) striking the impaction surface of the impactor device; f) transferring a first force from the impaction surface to the shaft; g) diverting a first portion of the transferred first force within the shaft; h) focusing a second portion of the diverted first portion of the transferred first force; and i) transferring the focused second portion from the shaft to the first implant component which brings the connection features on the first implant component into engagement with the connection features on the second implant component with a second force that is less than the transferred first force.