Device system for dental prosthesis fixation to bone
AssigneeUnited States Medical Corporation
InventorBenjamin S. Meyer
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Abstract
A two part system for fastening a dental prosthesis to the jaw bone having as a first part, an externally threaded thin wall sleeve which resides entirely within the jaw bone. The threads or other surface features are confined to the area near the point where the prosthesis enters the jaw bone. The sleeve has integrally, or accommodates, a non-threaded stem which extends relatively deeply into the jaw bone. The inner bore of the sleeve is a cone of a mechanically self locking taper. The second part, which extends outwardly from the jaw bone through the gum tissue, has a mating external taper which is driven within the sleeve to be locked therein. The second part supports an artificial tooth, bridge or other dental appliance. The concept also is applicable to a prosthetic device for any body joint.
Claims11
A component for use in a prosthetic joint comprising a hollow tubular means which has a closed end and an open end, the portion of said tubular means which is adjacent the open end having external features which increase its surface area to at least twice the surface area of the portion adjacent the closed end and the inner surface of said portion adjacent the open end defining a female part of self-locking taper;
- and elongated pin means having a first section which is adjacent to one end of said pin means defining a male cone of self-locking taper which is received in said female part and coacts therewith and a second section which is adjacent the other end of said pin means which projects from the open end of said hollow tubular means to serve as a support for a joint motion surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.