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US 2014/0370460 A1Published application
Expandable bone implant
AssigneeZimmer Dental, Inc.
InventorsMatthew J. Lomicka, Srilakshmi Vishnubhotla, Jeffrey Bassett
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Abstract
An expendable bone implant has a first member with a coronal end portion configured for supporting a prosthesis. A second member is at least partially porous, engages the first member, and is configured to expand outwardly upon a longitudinal force being applied to at least one of the first and second members. This anchors the implant in bone before mastication forces are applied to the implant.
Claims1
An implant comprising:
- a first member having a coronal end portion configured for supporting a prosthesis;
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- a second member, being at least partially porous, engaging the first member, and configured to expand outwardly upon a longitudinal force applied to at least one of the first and second members to anchor the implant in bone before mastication forces are applied to the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.