DEVICE FOR HOLDING AN ABUTMENT
First Claim
1. A tweezer-like device for holding a dental abutment having a central axis, the device comprising:
- a substantially identical first and second member each having a joined end and a free end, the members being disposed in a V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free ends spaced apart such that when the members are urged towards one another, the free ends are urged into contact;
each of the members further having a handle portion including the joined end, and an offset gripping portion;
the gripping portion of each member having a junction segment joined to the handle portion and forming an interior angle in the range of 70 to 110 degrees with the handle portion, the gripping portion further having a grip segment having a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end ofthe grip segment of the other member such that the central axis of the dental abutment is retained at an angle in the range of 60 to 90 degrees to the handle portion.
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Abstract
The current invention provides a device for holding dental abutments such as healing caps, healing screws, contoured healing abutments, PME (precision margin esthetics) abutments, PME impression pins, hexed transfer assemblies, straight and angled fixed system components, hexed coping screws or any dental implant parts when the object is being inserted or otherwise located into a patient'"'"'s mouth. The device is tweezer-like and is designed to hold a dental abutment having a central axis. The device includes a pair of substantially identical members that are joined together at one of the ends and each have a free end. The members are disposed in the V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free end spaced apart so that when the members are squeezed towards one another, the free ends are brought into contact. Each of the members has a handle portion including the joined end, and an offset gripping portion. The gripping portion of each member has a junction segment which is joined to the handle portion and forms an interior angle in the range of 70-110 degrees with the handle portion. The gripping portion also has a grip segment with a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end of the grip segment of the other member. When gripped, the dental abutment is retained at angle in the range of 60-90 degrees to the handle portion.
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20 Claims
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1. A tweezer-like device for holding a dental abutment having a central axis, the device comprising:
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a substantially identical first and second member each having a joined end and a free end, the members being disposed in a V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free ends spaced apart such that when the members are urged towards one another, the free ends are urged into contact;
each of the members further having a handle portion including the joined end, and an offset gripping portion;
the gripping portion of each member having a junction segment joined to the handle portion and forming an interior angle in the range of 70 to 110 degrees with the handle portion, the gripping portion further having a grip segment having a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end ofthe grip segment of the other member such that the central axis of the dental abutment is retained at an angle in the range of 60 to 90 degrees to the handle portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. A tweezer-like device for holding a dental abutment having a central axis, the device comprising:
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a substantially identical first and second member each having a joined end and a free end, the members being disposed in a V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free ends spaced apart such that when the members are urged towards one another, the free ends are urged into contact;
each of the members further having;
a handle portion including the joined end, the handle portion extending in a first direction, a junction segment joined to the handle portion and extending in a second direction which is at an angle to the first direction, and a grip segment having a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end of the grip segment of the other member, the grip segment extending in a third direction which is at an angle to the second direction;
wherein the angle between the first direction and the second direction is in the range of 70 to 110 degrees and the angle between the second direction and the third direction is in the range of 70 to 110 degrees.
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19. A tweezer-like device for holding a dental abutment having a central axis, the device comprising:
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a substantially identical first and second member each having a joined end and a free end, the members being disposed in a V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free ends spaced apart such that when the members are urged towards one another, the free ends are urged into contact;
each of the members further having;
a handle portion including the joined end and having an opposite end;
the handle extending in a first direction between the joined and opposite ends,a junction segment joined to the opposite end of the handle portion and extending in a second direction, and a grip segment having a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end of the grip segment of the other member, the grip segment extending in a third direction;
wherein a handle plane is defined by the joined ends and opposite ends of the handle, a junction plane is defined by the junction segments, and a grip plane is defined by the grip segments, the junction plane being at an angle of 70 to 110 degrees to the handle plane and the grip plane being at an angle of 70 to 110 degrees to the junction plane.
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20. A tweezer-like device for holding a dental abutment having a central axis, the device comprising:
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a substantially identical first and second member each having a joined end and a free end, the members being disposed in a V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free ends spaced apart such that when the members are urged towards one another, the free ends are urged into contact;
each of the members further having a handle portion including the joined end, and an offset gripping portion;
the gripping portion of each member having a junction segment joined to the handle portion and forming an interior angle in the range of 70 to 110 degrees with the handle portion, the gripping portion further having a grip segment having a first end joined to the junction segment, a main portion including the first end, a second end, and a mid-portion adjacent the second end and disposed between the main portion and the second end, the main portion of the grip segment forming an interior angle in the range of 70 to 110 degrees with the junction segment, the second end of the grip segment configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end of the grip segment of the other member such that the central axis of the dental abutment is retained at an angle in the range of 60 to 90 degrees to the handle portion.
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Specification