Patent ID: 7691150

Claim:
A provisional prosthetic system, comprising: a keel sized to replicate the orientation of at least one component of a modular prosthesis; a plate sized to replicate the orientation of at least another component of a modular prosthesis, said plate having at least one substantially planar face and a threaded aperture extending therethrough, said aperture threaded about a longitudinal axis oblique to said at least one substantially planar face; and a captured screw configured to secure said plate to said keel, said captured screw including a flanged head and an external surface, said external surface having a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion, said threaded portion of said captured screw configured to threadingly engage said thread aperture of said plate, wherein said threaded portion of said captured screw is advanced entirely through said aperture in said plate to retain said non-threaded portion of said captured screw within said threaded aperture of said plate.