Patent ID: 7892289

Claim:
An implant bore insert comprising a body of one and only one piece that has a side wall, which has: an inner surface that can receive a first component part of an implant, wherein the inner surface is tapered with one and only one taper angle to receive the first component part of the insert, which has a corresponding outer taper; and an outer surface that can be inserted into a bore hole in a second component part of the implant and that is, at least in substantial part, substantially cylindrical with, excluding any rounded proximal end, substantially one and only one radius at or near the proximal end of the insert that is first inserted into the implant bore so as to lack a proximal step feature, wherein the outer surface has a distal section, at least a portion of which is less in dimension than that of a proximal section of the outer surface, at least the proximal section being for insertion into the bore hole.