Patent ID: 11865007
Assignee: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A customized artificial temporomandibular joint unit comprising:
a first plate configured to be provided along a lower line of a lower jawbone forming a temporomandibular joint and having an insertion groove that is outwardly open;
a second plate configured to be provided at a temporal bone forming the temporomandibular joint together with the lower jawbone;
a main prothesis detachably combined to the first plate without a separate fastening device by being forcibly fit into the insertion groove while approaching the first plate, and arranged in a customized manner at a facing surface location facing the second plate; and
a sub-prothesis detachably combined to the second plate and having a facing surface to the main prothesis arranged to face the main prothesis, the sub-prothesis having a detachment prevention groove at both sides of the sub-prothesis,
wherein the second plate includes a fixing protrusion inserted into the detachment prevention groove.