Device and method for establishingstability in an implant or unit
First Claim
1. Device for determining the stability of an implant fitted in the human body, preferably in the facial skeleton, where a vibration-producing unit cooperates with the implant and gives a frequency signal (i1) which is a function of its stability and characteristic features, e.g., size, position, etc., characterized in that it operates with a digital information signal (i2) which represents said stability and feature and is generated in a receiver unit which receivers the frequency signal (i1) and converts it to said digital information signal (i2), in that the information item(s) representing the characteristic features are included in or connected to information-containing elements (memories) included in or connected to the device, and in that one or more information signals (i4) principally represent only the stability, which information signal or signals (i4) result(s) from the processing, in an arithmetic unit, preferably in a microprocessor, belonging to or connected to the device, of the digital information signal (i2) and the information item(s) representing the characteristic features in order to permit information relating only to the stability to be displayed in a display unit.
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Abstract
Device for determining the stability of an implant fitted in the human body, where a vibration-producing unit cooperates with the implant and gives a frequency signal (i1) which is a function of its stability and characteristic features, characterized in that it operates with a digital information signal (i2) which represents the stability and feature and is generated in a receiver unit which receivers the frequency signal (i1) and converts it to the digital information signal (i2), in that the information item(s) representing the characteristic features are included in or connected to information-containing elements (memories) included in or connected to the device, and in that one or more information signals (i4) principally represent only the stability, which information signal or signals (i4) result(s) from the processing, in an arithmetic unit, belonging to or connected to the device, of the digital information signal (i2) and the information item(s) representing the characteristic features in order to permit information relating only to the stability to be displayed in a display unit.
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22 Claims
- 1. Device for determining the stability of an implant fitted in the human body, preferably in the facial skeleton, where a vibration-producing unit cooperates with the implant and gives a frequency signal (i1) which is a function of its stability and characteristic features, e.g., size, position, etc., characterized in that it operates with a digital information signal (i2) which represents said stability and feature and is generated in a receiver unit which receivers the frequency signal (i1) and converts it to said digital information signal (i2), in that the information item(s) representing the characteristic features are included in or connected to information-containing elements (memories) included in or connected to the device, and in that one or more information signals (i4) principally represent only the stability, which information signal or signals (i4) result(s) from the processing, in an arithmetic unit, preferably in a microprocessor, belonging to or connected to the device, of the digital information signal (i2) and the information item(s) representing the characteristic features in order to permit information relating only to the stability to be displayed in a display unit.
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18. Device for determining t he stability of an implant fitted in the human body, preferably in the facial skeleton, where a vibration-producing unit cooperates with the implant and gives a frequency signal (i1) which is a function of its stability, characterized in that it operates with a digital information signal which represents or is related to the implant'"'"'s stability, which digital information signal (i2) is generated in a receiver unit which converts the frequency signal to said digital information signal, in that the digital information signal or the display relating to the respective implant is stored in one or more storage units (memories) included in or connected to the device, and in that the digital information signal(s) thus stored for the respective implant can be recovered for coordination or comparison with a further digital information signal or display which occurs in the event of a time-lagged subsequent cooperation between the implant and the vibration-producing unit.
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21. A method to measure the stability of the anchorage of a unit, here called first unit, which is anchored in a substrate (material), where one or more vibration effectuating units is applied to the anchored unit or an attached structure and where one or more stability dependent frequency signals is achieved from the vibration effecting unit(-s), characterized in:
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a) that the frequency signal(-s) is/are converted to one or more information signal(-s) representing the stability, b) that the information signal(-s) is/are processed in a processor means to eliminate distortion factors dependent of the structure of the first unit, implement situation etc. to provide information output signal that is dependent mainly only on the stability, and c) that the last mentioned information output signal is transferred to direct use in said measure and/or is stored in one or more memory means to be reused for comparison between two or more set of presentation information, separated in time - View Dependent Claims (22)
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