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US 8,708,699 B2Granted
Drill guide
AssigneeStraumann Holding AG
InventorsEdmund Suter, Steffen Kuehne, Patrick Streff
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Abstract
Drill guide (1) for use in the dental field, comprising a grip (10), a bearing surface intended to bear at least partially on a template (50) or a drill sleeve (55), and at least one guide sleeve (20) having a longitudinal slit (30). The grip (10) has a top face and an underside. The at least one guide sleeve (20) is essentially hollow and cylindrical, has an upper end and a lower end, and protrudes from the underside of the grip (10).
Claims32
A drill guide and dental drill for use with the drill guide comprising:
- a dental drill having a drill shaft including a guiding area and a narrower insertion area,
- the drill guide comprising
- two guide sleeves;
- a grip, the grip having a top face and an underside and at least one of the guide sleeves protruding from the underside of the grip,
- each of the guide sleeves having a bearing surface formed by an essentially circular, radial protrusion on the guide sleeve intended to bear at least partially on a template or a drill sleeve, and the guide sleeve having a lower portion extending below the bearing surface having an external diameter that fits into a drill hole of a template or a drill sleeve,
- each of the guide sleeves being essentially hollow and cylindrical and having an upper end and a lower end, and each of the guide sleeves having an internal diameter sized to correspond to the guiding area of the drill shaft,
- wherein each of the guide sleeves have a longitudinal slit extending from the upper end to the lower end of the guide sleeve, and
- the longitudinal slit has a width greater than the insertion area of the drill shaft to allow for lateral insertion of the dental drill into the drill guide, and
- wherein a distance d from the bearing surface to the upper end of one of the two guide sleeves is different from a distance d′ from the bearing surface to the upper end of the other of the two guide sleeves.
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