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US 4,306,861 AGranted
System for recording mandibular motion
AssigneeAthol Corporation
InventorAthol A. Dickson
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Abstract
An apparatus (10) for recording motion of the mandible relative to the maxilla in reconstructive dentistry comprises a lateral bar (16) attachable to the upper jaw. A pair of stylii (22) are mounted for spring-assisted vertical movement in the bar (16) for cooperation with an underlying tracing plate (36) attachable to the lower jaw. The apparatus (10) can be utilized with patients having dentulous or edentulous mouths. In the preferred embodiment, an adjustable bearing pin assembly (72) is utilized to control minimum spacing between the upper and lower jaws during recordation of the mandibular motion.
Claims9
Apparatus for recording motion of the mandible relative to the maxilla, comprising:
- an intraoral upper plate adapted for engagement with the maxilla;
- an upper rod connected at one end to said upper plate and extending extraorally therefrom;
- an intraoral lower plate adapted for engagement with the mandible;
- a lower rod connected at one end to said lower plate and extending extraorally therefrom;
- a bar mounted on said upper rod;
- a pair of guide sleeves mounted at opposite ends of the bar and formed from a first predetermined material;
- a plate mounted on said lower rod beneath said bar;
- a pair of stylii formed from a second predetermined material and each mounted in one of the guide sleeves for vertical movement relative to said bar;
- said first predetermined material of said guide sleeves and said second predetermined material of said stylii comprising bearing means supporting said stylii for reciprocation in said guide sleeves without interference;
- a roller bearing mounted at the upper end of each of the stylii;
- a pair of coil springs each surrounding one of said stylii for biasing each of said stylii upward;
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- a pair of cantilever springs mounted on the bar for selective engagement with the roller bearings of said stylii to bias each of said stylii downward against the action of the coil springs and into engagement with said plate to effect recording of mandibular motion, said engagement of the cantilever springs with the roller bearings preventing binding of the stylii in the guide sleeves.
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A system for recording motion of the mandible relative to the maxilla, comprising:
- an intraoral upper plate;
- an upper rod connected at one end to said upper plate and extending extraorally therefrom;
- an intraoral lower plate;
- a lower rod connected at one end to said lower plate and extending extraorally therefrom;
- bearing pin means mounted in said upper plate for controlling minimum spacing between the maxilla and mandible;
- means secured to said upper and lower rods for recording the mandibular motion;
- tray means for receiving a quantity of dental impression forming material:
- said tray means having an arch shape;
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- means for detachably securing the tray means to intraoral upper plate with the arch of the tray means surrounding the bearing pin means so that a dental impression formed by means of dental impression material received in the tray means is secured to the intraoral upper plate and surrounds the bearing means.
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A system for recording motion of the mandible relative to the maxilla, comprising:
- an intraoral upper plate;
- an upper rod connected at one end to said upper plate and extending extraorally therefrom;
- an intraoral lower plate;
- a lower rod connected at one end to said lower plate and extending extraorally therefrom;
- bearing pin means mounted in said upper plate for controlling minimum spacing between the maxilla and mandible;
- means secured to said upper and lower rods for recording the mandibular motion;
- tray means for receiving a quantity of dental impression forming material:
- said tray means having an arch shape;
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- means for detachably securing the tray means to intraoral upper plate with the arch of the tray means surrounding the bearing pin means so that a dental impression formed by means of dental impression material received in the tray means is secured to the intraoral upper plate and surrounds the bearing means;
- a plate mounted on said lower rod beneath said guide sleeves;
- a pair of stylii formed from a second predetermined material and each mounted in one of the guide sleeves for vertical movement relative to said plate;
- said first predetermined material of said guide sleeves and said second predetermined material of said stylii comprising bearing means supporting said stylii for reciprocation in said guide sleeves without interference;
- a roller bearing mounted at the upper end of each of the stylii;
- a pair of coil springs each surrounding one of said stylii for biasing each of said stylii upward;
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- a pair of cantilever springs mounted on the bar for selective engagement with the roller bearings of said stylii to bias each of said stylii downward against the action of the coil springs and into engagement with said plate to effect recording of mandibular motion, said engagement of the cantilever springs with the roller bearings preventing binding of the stylii in the guide sleeves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.