Artificial dental root

• US 5,188,109 A
• Filed: 05/30/1991
• Issued: 02/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shigeru Saito
• Original Assignee: Shigeru Saito
• Inventors: Saito, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R
• Application Number:
  US07/707,134
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 128/635, 128/631, 128/903, 128/777, 128/787, 128/419 F
• US Class Current: 600/347
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/682 Mouth, e.g., oral cavity; tongue; Lips; Teeth
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/00 Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools fastening of peg-teeth in the mouth A61C13/30
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry

Abstract

There is provided an aritifical dental root to be implanted into a jawbone comprising a sensor capable of contacting body fluids and a radio transmitter for transmitting electric signals representing the physical and/or chemical values of the body fluids obtained by the sensor to an external receiver. With such an artificial dental root, the blood, the lymph and the muscles of the carrier of the artificial dental root can be examined without pain on the side of the subject to continuously watch the health conditions of the subject regardless of the psychological well-being of the subject and the doctor watching the subject on a receiving set for the radio transmitter can intervene for the health of the subject, take measures to cure, if any, the disease of the subject and give directions for emergency treatment whenever necessary.

Claims

1. An implant for transmitting body conditions of a living animal to an external receiver comprising an artificial dental root having a lower end adapted to be implanted in a jawbone of the animal and an exposed upper end, a sensor mounted in said root adapted to be in contact with body fluids of the animal, and radio transmitting means mounted in said artificial dental root connected with said sensor for transmitting body condition signals obtained by said sensor to an external receiver, said transmitting means including a means for transmitting signals representing physical values of the body fluid obtained by the sensor.

2. The implant as defined in claim 1 wherein said root includes a recharageable battery mounted in said root and connected to said transmitting means to form a power source for the transmitting means, and a charging terminal embedded in said root, said charging terminal being connected to said battery and exposed at an upper portion of said root.

3. An implant for transmitting body conditions of a living animal to an external receiver comprising an artificial dental root having a lower end adapted to be implanted in a jawbone of the animal and an exposed upper end, a sensor mounted in said root adapted to be in contact with body fluids of the animal, and radio transmitting means mounted in said artificial dental root connected with said sensor for transmitting body condition signals obtained by said sensor to an external receiver, said transmitting means including a means for transmitting signals representing chemical values of the body fluids obtained by the sensor.

4. The implant as defined in claim 3 wherein said root includes a rechargeable battery mounted in said root and connected to said transmitting means to form a power source for the transmitting means, and a charging terminal embedded in said root, said charging terminal being connected to said battery and exposed at an upper portion of said root.