A prosthetic constraining device for use with a hip replacement prosthesis
that includes an acetabular cup assembly adapted to be bonded to a
patient's pelvis and a femoral stem adapted to be bonded to the patient's
femur, where the femoral stem includes a ball component at its proximal
end received within the acetabular cup assembly to form a ball joint type
coupling, and where the constraining device includes a ring having a
central aperture, where the ring is adapted to be mounted to a rim of the
acetabular cup assembly so that the femoral stem passes through the
central aperture, where the diameter of the central aperture is less than
the diameter of the ball component on the proximal end of the femoral
stem so that the ring assists in maintaining the ball joint type coupling
between the acetabular cup assembly and the femoral stem, and where the
ring comprises a biologic material, a biologically reabsorbable material
and a combination of biologic, or biologically reabsorbable materials.