Patent ID: 8662891
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a dental implant having a lateral external surface, the implant being shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough having a lateral opening through the lateral external surface; a delivery tube having a distal tube end; a retaining element, which is configured to assume (a) a first position in which the retaining element removably couples the distal tube end to the implant such that the delivery tube is in fluid communication with the lumen via the lateral opening, and (b) a second position in which the retaining element does not couple the distal tube end to the implant; and an applicator, which is removably coupled to a proximal implant end of the implant, wherein the retaining element is coupled to the delivery tube and shaped so as to be removably couplable to the proximal implant end via the applicator, such that the retaining element removably couples the distal tube end to the implant when the retaining element is removably coupled to the proximal implant end via the applicator and is in the first position.