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US 12,343,235 B2Granted
Tissue borne stackable foundation guide and method of making and using same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Dds
InventorsCornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg, Brian Lee, Matthew Vrhovac
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Abstract
A tissue borne stackable foundation guide is provided. The foundation guide may include a main body; first connectors formed on and spaced about an outer surface of the main body; one or more ports spaced about the main body and forming a passage therethrough; and protrusions formed on an inner surface of the main body and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom.
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A foundation guide, comprising:
- a. a main body;
- b. first connectors spaced about the main body, wherein the first connectors are connected to the main body at an upper portion of the first connectors and a lower portion of the first connectors extend below a lower surface of the main body, and wherein each of the first connectors comprise a connection sleeve comprising a vertically extending cylindrical passageway therethrough;
- c. fixation ports spaced about the main body, the fixation ports forming a passage through the main body;
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- d. protrusions formed on an inner surface of the main body and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom, wherein the protrusions are disposed proximate to and distributed at least partially about a periphery of each of the fixation ports.
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A foundation guide, comprising:
- a. a main body;
- b. first connectors spaced about the main body, wherein the first connectors are connected to the main body at an upper portion of the first connectors and a lower portion of the first connectors extend below a lower surface of the main body, and wherein each of the first connectors comprise a connection sleeve comprising a vertically extending cylindrical passageway therethrough, and wherein the first connectors are generally uniform in shape and size;
- c. fixation ports, the fixation ports forming a passage extending from an outer surface of the main body through an inner surface of the main body, the fixation ports configured for receiving a fixation mechanism for fixating the foundation guide to a patient's bone;
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- d. protrusions formed on the inner surface of the main body and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom, wherein the protrusions are disposed proximate to and distributed about a periphery of each of the fixation ports.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.