Kit for immediate post-extraction implantation

• US 6,312,258 B1
• Filed: 08/19/1999
• Issued: 11/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: A Enterprises, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Arthur Ashman
• Inventors: Ashman, Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUMGARNER, MELBA N
• Application Number:
  US09/378,127
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 433/172, 206/368, 206/369, 206/570, 206/63.5
• US Class Current: 433/172
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/02 Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags A61C5/44 takes precedence
• 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: A61C 8/0087 Means for sterile storage or manipulation of dental implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0089 Implanting tools or instruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a kit system comprising a plurality of disposable kits, each kit being adapted for post-extraction dental implantation on a particular dental area. Each kit includes a dental implant of specified dimensions for a particular dental area of the mouth, a transfer coping attachable to the dental implant for creating an impression for making a model to produce a prosthetic tooth, bone graft material for filling the void area around a portion of the implant after implantation, burrs and bone expanders, and a portable housing for storing the dental implant, the transfer coping, the bone graft material, wound dressing and burrs and bone expanders. Each disposable kit includes indicia which uniquely identifies it with the particular dental area of use. The kit system may include a non-disposable instrument kit including a plurality of reusable and sterilizable tools such as insertion instruments, a scissor, and a suture holder, etc., for implementing post-extraction dental implantation, and a housing for storing the instruments. The invention further provides a method of using the kits.

Claims

1. A disposable kit for implementing immediate post-extraction dental implantation, comprising:

a portable housing storing a plurality of components for said implantation, said components including

a dental implant of specified dimensions for a particular dental area;

a transfer coping attachable to said dental implant for creating an impression for making a model to produce a prosthetic tooth; and

bone graft material for filling a void area around a portion of said implant after implantation.

2. The kit recited in claim 1, wherein said components further include a wound dressing.

3. The kit recited in claim 1, wherein said housing includes a plurality of compartments and each of said compartments contains one of said components.

4. The kit recited in claim 1, wherein said components further include a bone graft material syringe, a burr, and a bone expander.

5. A disposable kit for implementing immediate post-extraction dental implantation, comprising:

a portable housing storing;

a dental implant of a specified size for a particular dental area;

a transfer coping attachable to said dental implant for creating an impression for making a model to produce a prosthetic tooth;

bone graft material for filling a void area around a portion of said implant after implantation; and

a wound dressing.

6. A kit system comprising a kit system housing containing a plurality of disposable kits, each kit being adapted for post-extraction dental implantation on a particular dental area and comprising:

a portable housing storing a plurality of components for said implantation, said components including

a dental implant of a specified size for a particular dental area;

a transfer coping attachable to said dental implant for creating an impression for making a model to produce a prosthetic tooth;

bone graft material for filling a void area around a portion of said implant after implantation; and

a wound dressing.

7. The kit system recited in claim 6, further comprising a non-disposable instrument kit including an instrument housing storing a plurality of reusable and sterilizable tools for implementing said post-extraction dental implantation.

8. The kit system recited in claim 7, wherein said tools include insertion instruments, a scissor, and a suture holder.

9. The kit system recited in claim 6, further comprising indicia associated with each disposable kit identifying said particular dental area for said implant in said each kit.

10. A method of using the kit system of claim 6, comprising the steps of:

immediately after extraction of a tooth from a particular dental area of the mouth, selecting a kit from the kit system having an implant stored therein that is suitable for use in the particular dental area, removing the implant therefrom, and inserting the dental implant into the extraction socket resulting from the extraction of the tooth.

11. The method recited in claim 10, further comprising the steps of removing the transfer coping from the kit, and attaching the transfer coping to the dental implant to make a model to produce a prosthetic tooth.

12. The method recited in claim 11, further comprising the steps of removing the bone graft material from the kit and filling therewith any void area around the implant after implantation.