Customized artificial temporomandibular joint unit
AssigneeThe Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorsSang Hwa Lee, Joo Yup Lee
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Abstract
A customized artificial temporomandibular joint unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first plate provided along a lower line of a lower jawbone forming a temporomandibular joint and having an insertion groove that is outwardly open, a second plate provided at a temporal bone forming the temporomandibular joint together with the lower jawbone, and a main prothesis detachably combined to the first plate without a separate fastening device by being forcibly fit into the insertion groove while approaching the first plate, and arranged in a customized manner at a facing surface location facing the second plate.
Claims4
A customized artificial temporomandibular joint unit comprising:
- a first plate configured to be provided along a lower line of a lower jawbone forming a temporomandibular joint and having an insertion groove that is outwardly open;
- a second plate configured to be provided at a temporal bone forming the temporomandibular joint together with the lower jawbone;
- a main prothesis detachably combined to the first plate without a separate fastening device by being forcibly fit into the insertion groove while approaching the first plate, and arranged in a customized manner at a facing surface location facing the second plate;
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- a sub-prothesis detachably combined to the second plate and having a facing surface to the main prothesis arranged to face the main prothesis, the sub-prothesis having a detachment prevention groove at both sides of the sub-prothesis,
- wherein the second plate includes a fixing protrusion inserted into the detachment prevention groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.