Fixture
AssigneePIOS Biotech AB
InventorPer-Ingvar Branemark
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Abstract
A fixture for anchoring in bone tissue. The fixture has a fixture anchoring portion and an application portion intended for connection to a prosthesis. The application portion has an outer end and an end connected to the anchoring portion. The application portion includes a flared part whose outer dimensions widen from the end of that part connected to the anchoring portion in a direction towards the outer end of the application portion. This flared part is elastically resilient transversely to the longitudinal direction of the fixture. The invention also relates to the use of such a fixture for securing the application of a prosthesis.
Claims27
1-12. (canceled)
A fixture for anchorage in bone tissue, said fixture comprising:
- a fixture anchoring portion and an application portion intended for connection with a prosthesis, wherein the application portion has an outer end and an end connected with said anchoring portion, said application portion being formed with, a flared part whose outer dimensions widen from said end connected to said anchoring portion in a direction toward the outer end of said application portion, wherein said flared part is elastically resilient transversely to the longitudinal direction of said fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.