Patent ID: 8852188

Claim:
A method for providing joint arthroplasty comprising: resecting an end portion of a long bone; preparing a central longitudinal opening in a medullary canal of the long bone with a first reamer; removing the first reamer from the prepared central opening; installing a prosthetic stem component into the prepared opening in the medullary canal after removing the first reamer; providing a second reamer including an opening for receiving the prosthetic stem component; supporting the second reamer with the prosthetic stem component with the opening of the second reamer positioned at least partially over the prosthetic stem component; reaming a portion of the long bone with the supported second reamer; removing the second reamer; and installing a prosthetic body component onto the prosthetic stem component, wherein supporting the second reamer with the prosthetic stem comprises: axially locking the second reamer to the sleeve while allowing rotation of the second reamer with respect to the sleeve.