Sterile application of implants in bone
OwnerJoel L. Rosenlichtinventor
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Abstract
A sterile kit for inserting an implant to which a dental prosthesis may be fastened, includes an implant (14) having a combined insertion tool/transfer pin (50) secured thereto by a screw (16), with a carrier (52) mating with the combined insertion tool/transfer pin to start the implant into a hole prepared therefor. The method of use includes taking an impression as soon as the implant is secured in the bone, thereafter removing the combined insertion tool/transfer pin, inserting a healing screw (38), and forming the model of the mouth and ultimate prosthesis and abutments in a laboratory while the several month healing process takes place.
Claims12
A method of providing an implant secured to a reconstruction site in a cavity in the bone of a patient, to which a prosthesis may be fastened, comprising:
- providing a sterile kit including an implant, an impression transfer pin secured to the implant and capable of use as an insertion tool for inserting the implant into a cavity provided therefor in the bone of a patient, a screw retaining the transfer pin to the implant, and a carrier for handling the aforementioned parts while beginning the process of inserting the implant into the bone;
- using the carrier, starting the implant into the cavity;
- dislodging the carrier from the other ones of said parts and removing the carrier from said site;
- inserting the implant into its intended position in the bone, selectively utilizing an additional tool as necessary;
- taking an impression of the site so as to permit preparing a model of the site;
- loosening said screw and removing said screw and said pin from said implant and from said site;
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- fastening a healing abutment to said implant.
A method of providing an implant secured in a hole in the maxilla or mandibular bone of a patient, to which a dental prosthesis may be fastened, comprising:
- providing a sterile kit including an implant, an impression transfer pin secured to the implant and capable of use as an insertion tool for inserting the implant into a hole provided therefor in the bone of a patient, a screw retaining the transfer pin to the implant, and a carrier for holding the aforementioned parts while beginning the process of inserting the implant into the bone;
- using the carrier, starting the implant into the hole;
- dislodging the carrier from the other ones of said parts and removing the carrier from the mouth;
- inserting the implant into its intended position in the bone, selectively utilizing an additional tool as necessary;
- taking an impression of the mouth so as to permit preparing a model of the mouth;
- loosening said screw and removing said screw and said transfer pin from said implant and from the mouth;
- fastening a healing abutment into said implant;
- thereafter allowing the gum to heal for at least one month while concomitantly, using said impression, preparing a prosthesis to be fastened to the implant;
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- when healing is complete, forming an incision at and removing said healing abutment, and fastening the prosthesis to the implant.
An implant kit, comprising:
- a sterile package, said sterile package including:
- a screw;
- an implant;
- a transfer pin shaped so as to be able to function as an insertion tool in inserting said implant into a cavity prepared therefor in the bone of the patient, said transfer pin being secured to said implant by means of said screw;
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- a carrier disposed to engage said transfer pin so that manipulation of said carrier may start said implant into the cavity prepared therefor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.