Implant bone locking mechanism and artificial periodontal ligament system
First Claim
1. A dental implant system for affixing a crown to the bone structure within a patient'"'"'s mouth, said dental implant system comprising:
- a root portion to be located substantially below the patient'"'"'s gum line in a hole made in the patient'"'"'s bone structure;
means by which to anchor the root portion to the bone structure within which the hole is made;
a crown portion located above said root portion, the crown being irremovably connected to said crown portion;
means by which to couple said crown portion to said root portion; and
means by which to permit the crown to move laterally. upwardly and downwardly relative to said crown portion so as to emulate the movement of a natural tooth.
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Abstract
An implant bone locking mechanism and artificial periodontal ligament system having a hollow implant casing and a set of stabilizing locking pins that are initially retracted within the casing. A pin activator is moved axially through the hollow implant casing to cause the locking pins to move outwardly therefrom and bore into the patient'"'"'s bone structure in which the implant casing is located to enable immediate bone implant and increase bone/implant stabilization. A locking basket has a pair of outstretched arms and a plurality of locking splines that are coupled to the pin activator and the implant casing to prevent a rotation of the pin activator and implant casing relative to the locking basket and each other. An irremovable crown is seated upon the locking basket and adapted for both lateral movement along the outstretched arms of the locking basket and up and down movement relative to the locking basket so as to function like a natural tooth and improve the quality of mastication.
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20 Claims
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1. A dental implant system for affixing a crown to the bone structure within a patient'"'"'s mouth, said dental implant system comprising:
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a root portion to be located substantially below the patient'"'"'s gum line in a hole made in the patient'"'"'s bone structure; means by which to anchor the root portion to the bone structure within which the hole is made; a crown portion located above said root portion, the crown being irremovably connected to said crown portion; means by which to couple said crown portion to said root portion; and means by which to permit the crown to move laterally. upwardly and downwardly relative to said crown portion so as to emulate the movement of a natural tooth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A dental implant system for affixing a crown to the bone structure within a patient'"'"'s mouth, said dental implant system comprising:
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a root portion to be located substantially below the patient'"'"'s gum line in a hole made in the patient'"'"'s bone structure; means by which to anchor said root portion to the bone structure in which the hole is made; a crown portion coupled to said root portion, said crown portion including a locking basket having a pair of outstretched wings and a plurality of locking splines depending therefrom to engage said root portion and thereby prevent said root portion from rotating relative to said crown portion; means by which to irremovably connect the crown to said crown portion so that the crown is seated upon said locking basket and adapted to slide in a first direction laterally along the outstretched wings of said locking basket and in a second direction up and down relative to said locking basket, said first and second directions lying in substantially perpendicular alignment with one another.
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16. A dental implant system for affixing a crown to the bone structure within a patient'"'"'s mouth, said dental implant system comprising:
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a root portion to be located substantially below the patient'"'"'s gum line in a hole made in the patient'"'"'s bone structure, said root portion including a hollow implant casing to be received within said hole, a supply of bone tissue growth factor located within said hollow implant casing, and openings formed through said hollow implant casing through which said bone tissue growth factor is expulsed after said hollow implant casing is received within said hole so as to promote the growth of bone tissue around said hollow implant casing; means by which to anchor the hollow implant casing of said root portion to the bone structure within which the hole is made; a crown portion located above said root portion, the crown being irremovably connected to said crown portion; means by which to couple said crown portion to said root portion; and means by which to permit the crown to move relative to said crown portion so as to emulate the movement of a natural tooth. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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