A method for using an insertion instrument to insert a cup into an acetabulum. The method includes inserting a convex outer surface of the instrument into an inner surface of the cup. The entire convex outer surface is made of a resilient material. A piston is activated in order to decrease pressure within a sealed cavity of the instrument, which causes the convex outer surface of the instrument to engage the inner surface of the cup. The instrument and cup are inserted into place in the acetabulum. The piston is de-activated in order to increase pressure within the sealed cavity, causing the convex outer surface of the instrument to disengage the inner surface of the cup.

A device for collecting bone fragments includes a housing (512) and a filter element (522) disposed in the housing. The filter element has a first end (524), a second end (526), and a sidewall (528) that defines an inner peripheral (530) and outer peripheral (532) surface and includes a plurality of filter apertures (534). The inner peripheral surface at least partially defines a collection chamber (536) for collection of a composition comprising bone fragments. The outer peripheral surface of the sidewall and the housing are spaced apart from one another to define an exterior radial volume (540). The filter element also has a proximal portion (535) adjacent the second end (526) which defines at least one drain aperture (555). The composition is acquired and collected in the collection chamber with the exterior radial volume providing a primary fluid communication path with a vacuum source and the at least one drain aperture providing a supplementary fluid communication path with the vacuum source.

An antibiotic delivery system including an intramedullary stem that is adapted to be removably mounted into a medullary canal of a bone. The stem includes a body having an inlet adapted to be in fluid communication with a source of liquid-borne antibiotic and a plurality of outlets disposed along the stem. A channel extends between the inlet and the plurality of outlets for delivering a fluid-borne antibiotic from the inlet to the plurality of outlets so as to distribute the antibiotic along the medullary canal in a controlled fashion. A method of treating an infected joint during a two-stage re-implantation of an orthopedic implant is also disclosed.

A device for containing bone graft material comprises a body including an inner sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve and extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end such that a bone graft collecting space is formed therebetween.