Patent ID: 9693837
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61C

Claim:
1. A dental implant system for supporting a cosmetic tooth prosthesis, the dental implant system comprising: an elongated body adapted to be disposed in a jaw bone of a patient and including a proximal end and a distal end, the elongated body having a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends, an outer surface of the elongated body including a plurality of projections radially disposed around the outer surface, each of the plurality of projections configured to move from an undeployed configuration in which the projections are generally flush against the outer surface and are disposed on the outer surface to a deployed configuration in which the projections extend outwardly from the outer surface for anchoring the elongated body into tissue in the jaw bone, wherein the elongated body defines a threaded bore extending distally from the proximal end thereof; a collar disposed adjacent the proximal end of the elongate body and having the threaded bore extending therethrough; and an actuating component configured to be inserted into the threaded bore so that the projections are configured to move from the undeployed configuration to the deployed configuration when the actuating component is first moved distally and then moved proximally relative to the elongated body, wherein the projections are disposed on the outer surface of the elongated body in the undeployed configuration until the actuating component is moved distally and then proximally relative to the elongated body.