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US 6,206,696 B1Granted
Driver tool for one step implant delivery system
AssigneeSulzer Calcitek Inc.
InventorThomas H. Day
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Abstract
A dental implant healing screw formed from two pieces: a threaded shaft and a collar. The healing screw functions as a conventional healing cap to protect the coronal end of the dental implant and as a driver to drive the dental implant during the implantation procedure.
Claims16
A dental driving tool for driving a dental implant into a jawbone of a patient, the driving tool comprising:
- an elongated body having a distal end with an engagement feature, the engagement feature including a base having a plurality of male projections circumferentially disposed around the base and projecting away from the distal end, and a central engaging member extending outwardly from the base and being concentric with the body and having an elongated cylindrical configuration with two resilient legs that extend adjacent and parallel to each other.
A dental driving tool for driving a dental implant with an axial bore, the driving tool comprising:
- an elongated body having a distal end with an engagement feature, the engagement feature including a base portion having a plurality of male projections evenly spaced around the base portion and a central engaging member extending outwardly from the distal end for engaging the axial bore of the dental implant and having a cylindrical configuration with an elongated body portion and a distal end that has a diameter larger than the body portion.
A dental driving tool for driving a dental implant into a jawbone of a patient, the driving tool comprising:
- an elongated body having a distal end with an engagement feature, the engagement feature including a plurality of male projections circumferentially disposed about the distal end, and a central engaging member extending outwardly from the distal end and having an elongated body portion with a length longer than the male projections and distal end with a diameter larger than the body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.