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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Sara R. Wright, West Jefferson, OH (US);
Daren L. Deffenbaugh, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Edmund W. Frazee, Cromwell, IN (US);
Sara R. Wright, West Jefferson, OH (US);
Daren L. Deffenbaugh, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Edmund W. Frazee, Cromwell, IN (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling an implant in one embodiment includes aligning the connection features of a first implant component with the connection features of a second an implant component, placing an implant engagement surface of an impactor device and the first implant component in contact, striking an impaction surface of the impactor device, transferring force from the impaction surface to an impactor shaft, diverting the transferred force within the shaft, focusing a portion of the diverted force, and transferring the focused force 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.