Patent ID: 7112063
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An implant anchor, the anchor extending between a basal end placed into bone and a corona, the anchor comprising the following distinct regions: a shaft comprising a non-threaded portion and a threaded portion, the threaded portion disposed between the basal end and the non-threaded portion, the threaded portion comprising a macro-threaded portion and a micro-threaded portion, the micro-threaded portion disposed between the macro-threaded portion and the non-threaded portion, the non-threaded portion positioned between the macro-threaded portion and the corona of the implant anchor; a non-curved external surface disposed between the non-threaded portion and the corona; a coronal face located at the corona of the anchor and interior of the non-curved external surface; a mating orifice having distal peaks that breach the non-curved external surface; an internal cavity of the implant anchor, the internal cavity opening at the mating orifice, the internal cavity comprising an anti-rotational mating chamber, a rotational mating chamber, a conduit, and internal threads, the anti-rotational mating chamber and the rotational mating chamber positioned coronally of the internal threads and the mating orifice, the conduit traveling from the internal cavity to the non-curved external surface; and the conduit connecting the non-curved external surface to the internal cavity.