Patent ID: 8556627
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising a dental implant having a central longitudinal axis, a lateral external surface, and a distal implant portion that extends from a distal implant end along up to 50% of a longitudinal length of the implant, the implant being shaped so as to define: a lumen therethrough having (a) at least one distal opening through a distal external surface of the distal implant portion, and (b) a lateral opening open to the lateral external surface, which lumen is not open to a proximal external surface of the implant within 2 mm of a proximal-most part of the implant, and a recessed surface that (a) is recessed from the lateral external surface, (b) is outside of the lumen, and (c) completely surrounds the lateral opening.