DR. BLAKE A STAMPER, D.O.
Medical Practice at Highway 95, Bullhead City, AZ

6179876, Jan 30, 2001

Nov 2, 1999

9/432901

Blake A. Stamper - Bullhead City AZ
Charles D. Guthrie - Henderson NV

A61F 230

623 1811

A compression ring for use in implanting an orthopedics prosthesis, the ring having an interior surface generally conforming to a peripheral wall of a base plate of the prosthesis, the compression ring being adapted to extend beyond a lower surface of the prosthesis, forming a cavity bounded by the lower surface and the compression ring. Also, a kit consisting of an orthopedic appliance having a base plate with a peripheral wall and a lower surface adapted to abut a resected bone surface, and a compression ring having an interior surface generally conforming to the peripheral wall of the base plate and slidingly received thereon, the compression ring being adapted to extend beyond the lower surface, forming a cavity bounded by the lower surface and the compression ring. Also, a method of implanting an orthopedic component using a compression ring on the component, by forming a cavity bounded by a surface of the orthopedic component and the compression ring, filling the cavity with bone cement, and securing the orthopedic component over a resected bone surface with the cavity between the component and the resected surface.