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US 12,685,613 B2Granted
Components for use with a surgical guide for dental implant placement
AssigneeBiomet 3i, LLC
InventorsMichelle Kofron, Joseph DePastino, Esther Moran, Zachary B. Suttin, Miguel G Montero, Alexander Chelminski
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Abstract
Dental components used for guiding the insertion of a dental implant into a desired location in a patient's mouth using a surgical guide including a master tube are described herein. Various components that can be used with the surgical guide and during a dental procedure using the surgical guide are also described herein.
Claims20
A surgical drill bit, comprising:
- a drill body component including a shaft, a drill portion, and an engagement end, wherein the shaft is positioned between the drill portion and the engagement end, wherein the engagement end comprises a head configured as a latch that extends from the shaft at a stop surface, and wherein the head of the engagement end comprises a projection having a first flat and a first shoulder that form the latch;
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- a guide body component configured to reversibly couple to the drill body component, the guide body component including:
- a guide body portion including a guide body having a cylindrical chamber, wherein the cylindrical chamber comprises an inner diameter and an outer diameter;
- a tool end;
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- a connection end, wherein the connection end includes a drill connection that enables the guide body component to reversibly couple with the drill body component, the drill connection including:
- at least one flexible finger comprising a tapered surface that defines a second shoulder to mate with the first shoulder of the latch and apply a retention force along a longitudinal axis, which defines an axial direction, to the drill body component, wherein the at least one flexible finger is contained within the inner diameter of the cylindrical chamber, the at least one flexible finger having a first end and a deflectable second end, the first end fixedly connected to the shaft and the second deflectable end extending from the first end in the axial direction;
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- a second flat to mate with the first flat of the latch, wherein the second flat is contained within the inner diameter of the cylindrical chamber.
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A method of forming a surgical drill bit, the method including:
- selecting a first guide body component from a plurality of guide body components, wherein the first guide body component has a guide body with at least one of a length and a width that is different from at least one other guide body of other guide body components of the plurality of guide body components and wherein the first guide body component further includes a guide body portion including a guide body and an engagement portion coupled to the guide body portion;
- selecting a first drill body component from a plurality of drill body components, wherein the first drill body component has a drill portion that is different from at least one other drill portion of other drill body components of the plurality of drill body components, and wherein the first drill body component comprises a latch that extends from a stop surface that is provided in an orthogonal orientation relative to a shaft of the first drill body component;
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- reversibly coupling the first drill body component to the first guide body component, wherein the first guide body component reversibly couples to the first drill body component with:
- a cylindrical chamber having an outer diameter and an inner diameter;
- at least one flexible finger having a first end fixedly connected to the shaft and a second end that flexes outwardly from a central axis of the first guide body component within the cylindrical chamber to receive the first drill body component and then flexes inwardly toward the central axis of the first guide body component to longitudinally retain the first drill body component within the cylindrical chamber by mating with the latch, wherein the first end is fixedly connected to the shaft and extends substantially parallel with the central axis to the second end;
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- a flat that mates with a corresponding flat of the first drill body component, wherein the flat is contained within the inner diameter of the cylindrical chamber, and wherein the flat of the first drill body component is provided as part of the latch.
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A dental surgical system, comprising:
- a plurality of guide body components, wherein a first guide body component of the plurality of guide body components has a guide body with at least one of a length and a width that is different from at least one other guide body of other guide body components of the plurality of guide body components and wherein the first guide body component further includes a guide body portion including a guide body and an engagement portion;
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- a plurality of drill body components, wherein a first drill body component of the plurality of drill body components has a drill portion that is different from at least one other drill portion of other drill body components of the plurality of drill body components, wherein the engagement portion includes a drill connection that couples with the first drill body component, and wherein the first drill body component comprises a latch that extends from a stop surface that is provided in an orthogonal orientation relative to a shaft of the first drill body component, the drill connection including:
- a cylindrical chamber having an outer diameter and an inner diameter;
- at least one flexible finger comprising a tapered surface that defines a shoulder to mate with a corresponding shoulder of the latch thereby longitudinally securing the first drill body component, wherein the at least one flexible finger is provided within the inner diameter of the cylindrical chamber and the at least one flexible finger having a first end and a deflectable second end, the first end fixedly connected to the shaft and the second deflectable end extending from the first end along a longitudinal axis;
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- a flat to mate with a corresponding flat of the latch, wherein the flat is provided within the inner diameter of the cylindrical chamber.
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