Patent ID: 8029284
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a dental implant having a proximal implant end and a lateral external surface, the implant being shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough having a lateral opening through the lateral external surface; and an applicator, which is removably coupled to the proximal implant end, and which comprises a delivery tube having a distal tube end that is removably coupled to the implant such that the delivery tube is in fluid communication with the lumen via the lateral opening, wherein the distal tube end is welded to the implant, and wherein a portion of a wall of the delivery tube is thinner than the wall immediately adjacent to the portion, such that application of a breaking torque to the delivery tube breaks the delivery tube at the thinner portion, thereby decoupling the delivery tube from the implant, wherein the thinner portion is within 3 mm of the distal tube end.