Patent ID: 11918436
Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 26:
27. A secondary part for a dental implant, the secondary part having a central bore extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, the longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, the secondary part including:
a coronal section including a coronal end of the secondary part;
a stabilizing section extending apically from an apical end of the coronal section; and
an indexing section extending apically from an apical end of the stabilizing section,
wherein the indexing section includes a plurality of connecting lobes having a convex shape and extending in the longitudinal direction, the connecting lobes being interconnected by respective lobe linking areas also extending in the longitudinal direction, each of the lobe linking areas including: two concave sections extending in the longitudinal direction and adjacent to a respective connecting lobe; and a convex section extending in the longitudinal direction and positioned between the two concave sections, and
wherein the convex section of each of the lobe linking areas is shaped so as to extend along a lateral face of a first straight cylinder having a center coincident with the longitudinal axis of the secondary part, and a diameter of the first straight cylinder is smaller than a diameter of a second straight cylinder that has: (i) a lateral face intersecting a radial outer limit of each of the connecting lobes along one line only extending in the longitudinal direction of the secondary part and (ii) a center coincident with the longitudinal axis of the secondary part.