Abstract: A trial head and shell for use in trial reduction of hip implants, and particularly bipolar implants, having locking features that prevent the head from dissociating from the shell during trialing, yet which allow the head and shell to be readily assembled and disassembled in the operating room. A cut-out region is formed in an outer bearing surface of the head. The cut-out region allows the head to pass through a trial shell opening and into the shell, yet is oriented such that when the head is associated with a femoral neck, the head cannot disassociate from the shell. Orientation indicators can be provided for use in assembly and disassembly. The trial head and associated shells can be provided in the form of a surgical kit including hip implants. Methods of use are provided.

Abstract: A trial head and shell for use in trial reduction of hip implants, and particularly bipolar implants, having locking features that prevent the head from dissociating from the shell during trialing, yet which allow the head and shell to be readily assembled and disassembled in the operating room. A cut-out region is formed in an outer bearing surface of the head. The cut-out region allows the head to pass through a trial shell opening and into the shell, yet is oriented such that when the head is associated with a femoral neck, the head cannot disassociate from the shell. Orientation indicators can be provided for use in assembly and disassembly. The trial head and associated shells can be provided in the form of a surgical kit including hip implants. Methods of use are provided.

Abstract: A trial head and shell for use in trial reduction of hip implants, and particularly bipolar implants, having locking features that prevent the head from dissociating from the shell during trialing, yet which allow the head and shell to be readily assembled and disassembled in the operating room. A cut-out region is formed in an outer bearing surface of the head. The cut-out region allows the head to pass through a trial shell opening and into the shell, yet is oriented such that when the head is associated with a femoral neck, the head cannot disassociate from the shell. Orientation indicators can be provided for use in assembly and disassembly. The trial head and associated shells can be provided in the form of a surgical kit including hip implants. Methods of use are provided.

Abstract: A prosthesis for a deficient acetabulum of a patient having a cup portion and a flange member. The flange member has a base portion that extends upward along a portion of the upper rim. A generally planar screw retaining portion extends from the base portion, and is inclined from the base portion such that at least a lateral portion of a lower surface of the screw retaining portion is positioned below the upper rim while an upper surface of the screw retaining portion is positioned above the upper rim. The screw retaining portion has a first threaded hole, a second threaded hole and a neutral threaded hole, with the neutral hole positioned between the first and the second holes. The holes are inclined at certain orientations to allow for fixation with screws in a deficient acetabulum, and for use in a left or right hip.

Abstract: A unitary acetabular cup prosthesis (1) for a deficient acetabulum of a hip bone having a cup portion (10) and a pair of adjacent screw retaining members (51, 52) extending from the cup. A second pair of screw retaining members are preferably provided, with the first and second pair of screw retaining members oriented such that the prosthesis can be used in either a left or a right acetabulum of the patient. The screw retaining members may be formed on a single flange. The screw retaining members are fixedly inclined and offset relative to the rim (18) of the cup. Each screw retaining member has a threaded hole (55, 56) inclined relative to the rim such that an axis of the threaded hole converges toward the axis of the cup portion in one dimension and is oblique to the axis of the cup potion in a second dimension. A prosthesis for a deficient acetabulum of a patient having a cup portion and a flange member. The flange member has a base portion that extends upward along a portion of the upper rim.