Patent ID: 8419737
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A61B,A61C,A61F

Abstract:
1. In an internal sinus manipulation procedure for augmenting bone of a dental patient between a bony floor of the patient's sinus and a raised portion of the patient's sinus membrane, comprising: creating an upward channel in bone within a maxillary posterior area of the patient such that an upper end of the channel extends to a base of the bony floor of the sinus and is sized to expose a portion of the patient's sinus membrane over the upper end of the upward channel; lifting the exposed portion of the sinus membrane to form an open pocket between the sinus membrane and the bony floor; introducing a bone grafting material through the upward channel into the open pocket; and compacting of the bone grafting material within the pocket, wherein the compacting of the bone grafting material comprises: