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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, County Cork, IE;
Andrew Bailey, Leeds, GB;
Abstract
A trial neck () and a method for trialling a neck of an orthopedic implant in a hip replacement procedure. The method includes inserting a broach () into a medullary canal of a femur and connecting a distal end of a trial neck to a proximal end () of the broach. The trial neck includes a proximal end connectable to a trial head. The trial neck includes a body portion extending along a neck axis () of the trial neck between the distal end and the proximal end. The proximal end includes a male connector for connection to a corresponding female connector of a trial head. The male connector includes a plurality of connection members (A,B) extending parallel to the neck axis. The connection members are separated by one or more elongate slots () including at least one kink () forming an interlock between the connection members separated by that slot. The connection members are resiliently deflectable.