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Patent US5462436 - Method and means for affixing a component to a dental implant - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA tool for affixing a component to a dental implant fixture with a screw passing through the component and threaded into the implant fixture, in which the tool has two parts telescopically interfitting one within the other, the outer part being tubular for carrying the component at one end, and the inner...http://www.google.com/patents/US5462436?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5462436 - Method and means for affixing a component to a dental implantAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5462436 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/207,187Publication dateOct 31, 1995Filing dateMar 8, 1994Priority dateFeb 11, 1993Fee statusPaidPublication number08207187, 207187, US 5462436 A, US 5462436A, US-A-5462436, US5462436 A, US5462436AInventorsKeith D. BeatyOriginal AssigneeImplant Innovations, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (5), Referenced by (26), Classifications (8), Legal Events (8) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and means for affixing a component to a dental implantUS 5462436 AAbstract A tool for affixing a component to a dental implant fixture with a screw passing through the component and threaded into the implant fixture, in which the tool has two parts telescopically interfitting one within the other, the outer part being tubular for carrying the component at one end, and the inner part fitted at one end for carrying the screw positioned within the component, whereby the component and the screw within it can be carried together to the implant fixture where the outer part is used to hold the component in place while the inner part is used to drive the screw into the implant fixture.
I claim: 1. A tool for affixing a component to a support having a receiver member adapted to receive an elongated attaching member for affixing said component, said tool comprising a first part for grasping said component around the periphery of one end thereof with the second end of said component extendinq beyond said first part, and an elongated second part-including at one end of said second pad means for drivingly engaging said attaching member at a first end of said attaching member and manipulating means at the other end of said second part, and means to fix said first and second parts in a substantially coaxial relation with said second part rotatable within said first part such that said first part can be manipulated to bring said second end of said component to abut said support without said first part touching said support while holding said component around said periphery of said one end thereof, with said second part having its manipulating means exposed and available to manipulate said attaching member to cooperate with said receiver member to affix said component to said support while holding said attaching member engaged endwise with said second part and via said manipulating means rotating said second part relative to said first part.
2. A tool according to claim 1 in which said first part is tubular and said second part is round on an elongated axis and dimensioned to fit coaxially within said first part.
3. A tool according to claim 2 in which said two parts form an assembly in which said second part is rotatable around said axis within said first part.
4. A tool according to claim 3 including retainer means within said first part to keep said second part within said first part.
5. A tool according to claim 3 in which the ends of said two parts at one end of said assembly are adapted to detachably engage respectively one end of said component and one end of said attaching member.
6. A tool according to claim 5 including manipulating means at the other end of said second part for rotating said second part around said axis.
7. A tool according to claim 6 including compressible resilient means between said second part and said first part for coupling to said first part in the direction of said axis toward said first end thereof force applied via said manipulating means to said second part in the direction of said axis toward said first end thereof.
8. A tool according to claim 7 in which said resilient means is a spring.
9. A tool according to claim 8 in which said spring is coiled around said second member.
10. A tool according to claim 9 in which said first member has an integral shoulder and said spring is fixed between said shoulder and said manipulating means.
11. A tool according to claim 1 in which said first part is adapted at one end to detachably grasp one end of said component and said second part has a non-round socket in one end to detachably engage one end of said attaching member.
12. Carrying and affixing tool means for use to affix a substantially tubular dental component to an artificial root installed in a patient's jawbone which root has an internally-threaded bore opening gingivally, said component having a through-bore for passing a threaded bolt, said bolt being engageable in said threaded bore for affixing said component to said root, said tool means having an elongated driver part with socket means at one end for engagement with a head end of said bolt and a tubular holder part having means at one end for grasping said component at a supragingival first end thereof with the second end of said component extending beyond said holder part, said driver part being rotatable on a substantially common axis within said holder part for holding said bolt within said through-bore when said component and said bolt are each engaged to said tool means, so as to enable driving said bold into said threaded bore with said driver part while holding said second end of said component to said root with said holder part, the latter making no contact with said root, and rotating said driver part within said holder part, and compressible resilient means between said holder part and said driver part for transmitting to said holder part, and through said holder part to said component, axially-oriented force exerted on said driver part toward said root, whereby said driver part can simultaneously press said component to said root and drive said bolt.
13. Tool means according to claim 12 in which said driver part is elongated on an axis and includes manipulator means for rotating said driver part around said axis within said holder part.
14. Tool means according to claim 13 including retainer means to keep said driver part within said holder part.
15. Tool means according to claim 14 in which said retainer means is a section of reduced cross-section within said holder part.
16. Tool means according to claim 13 having said manipulator means at the other end of said driver part for rotating said driver part around said axis.
17. Tool means according to claim 16 in which said resilient means is a spring.
18. Tool means according to claim 17 in which said spring is coiled around said driver part.
19. Tool means according to claim 18 in which said holder part has an internal shoulder and said spring is fixed between said shoulder and said manipulator means.
20. Tool means according to claim 18 in which said spring is enclosed within said holder part.
21. Method of affixing a dental component to an artificial root installed in a patient's jawbone which root has an internally-threaded bore, and which component has a through-bore within which to receive a threaded bolt that is engageable in said threaded bore for affixing said component to said root, said bolt having a head with a non-round coupling-section, providing an elongated detachable driver with a non-round coupling means for drivingly engaging said head, providing a hollow holder telescopically surrounding said driver, engaging said head end in said coupling means, detachably engaging a supragingival first end of said component in said holder while leaving the second end of said component extending away from said holder and with said bolt extending through said through-bore carrying said component and said bolt within it to said root with said holder and driver telescopically engaged and placing said component on said root with said bolt in position to be engaged in said threaded bore, turning said driver within said holder to engage said bolt in said threaded bore while pressing said component to said root with said holder, the latter being out of contact with said root, until said bolt is sufficiently engaged in said threaded bore to affix said component to said root, and thereafter detaching said holder and said driver from said component and,said bolt, respectively.
22. An assembly of a dental component adapted to be affixed at a first end to a substructure fixed in a patient's jawbone, an attaching member cooperable with said substructure for affixing said component thereto, and tool means comprising a first part for detachably frictionally holding said component at a second end thereof and a second part having driver means for engaging said attaching member, said component being thereby removably attached via its said second end to said first part with said first end of said component remote from said first part, and said attaching member being thereby drivingly engaged with said second part, said tool means including means to fix said first and second parts in a spatial relation with one part rotatable on a substantially common axis within the other part such that if said first part is manipulated to bring said first end of said component to said substructure, making no contact between said substructure and said first part, said second part will be disposed to manipulate said attaching member to affix said component to said substructure, and means operable through said first part to press said first end of said component to said substructure.
23. An assembly according to claim 22 and a removable enclosure surrounding said assembly.
24. An assembly and an enclosure according to claim 23 in which said enclosure is a sterile package.
25. Method of affixing a dental component to an artificial tooth installed in a patient's jawbone which root has an internally-threaded bore, and which component has a through-bore within which to receive a threaded bolt that is engageable in said threaded bore for affixing said component to said root, grasping said bolt at its head end with one end of an elongated detachable driver, with said driver attached inserting said bolt within said component extending through said through-bore, grasping said component at a supragingival end thereof with a hollow holder telescopically surrounding said driver, carrying said component and said bolt within it to said root with said holder and driver telescopically engaged and placing said component on said root with said bolt in position to be engaged in said threaded bore, pressing said component to said root with force applied through said holder, turning said driver within said holder to engage said bolt in said threaded bore while holding said component pressed on said root with said holder until said bolt is sufficiently engaged in said threaded bore to affix said component to said root, and thereafter detaching said holder and said driver from said component and said bolt, respectfully.
This application is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 08/016,538 filed on Feb. 11, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,322,443.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION At the present time, owing in part to its predictable success, the endosseous dental implant fixture in cylindrical form is the artificial root most frequently chosen for restoring dentition to edentulous patients. These and other forms of artificial tooth roots are conveniently designed to receive and retain, sometimes removably, a variety of intermediate components including abutments which prosthodontists use to support artificial dentition on artificial roots. The intermediate components are necessarily small parts which must be manipulated into sometimes deep posterior locations in the patient's mouth and there assembled on an existing implant fixture or fixtures into rigid and reliable structures which can withstand the forces of mastication. More and more commonly the implant fixtures have internally threaded bores for receiving small screws which are used to attach the intermediate components to the implant fixtures, and to each other. For biological reasons the implant fixtures and intermediate components are most often made of titanium and its dilute alloys, while the screws are made of the same metals or of gold, which is softer and will break first if irresistible force should accidently be applied to an assembly of implant fixtures and components. Typical diameters of implant fixtures are from about 3 mm to about 5 mm. Typical screw diameters are less than 2 mm. Typically, intermediate components have diameters in the same range as implant fixtures, and lengths short enough to be encompassed within an artificial tooth, or shorter. The problems of carrying such components to an implant fixture installed in a patient's jawbone and there affixing a component to the implant with a screw, without cross-threading the screw in the threaded bore of the implant fixture, are obvious.
Abutments and other intermediate components are made in a wide variety; some are small transmucosal components only a few millimeters long, while some are several millimeters long intended to form the core of an artificial tooth; others may extend on an axis different from the longitudinal axis of the implant fixture, for adjusting the alignment of an artificial tooth relative to its neighbors; all must be affixed to the implant fixture. To do this the dental professional must hold the component in place on the implant fixture while inserting a screw through a small hole in the component and turning the screw in the threaded bore of the implant fixture until the screw is tight and the component is firmly affixed to it. This task becomes particularly onerous when the implant fixture is installed in a posterior region in the patient's mouth.
GENERAL NATURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention employs two telescopically-interfitting pads, the inner one removably attached to the screw head and the other removably attached to a supragingival end of an intermediate component, for holding the screw and the component in relative positions suitable for installing them on the implant fixture and carrying them to the implant fixture in those positions, and there while holding the component in place on the implant fixture with the outer pad using the inner pad to turn the screw into the threaded bore of the implant fixture. Cross-threading of the screw is prevented by virtue of the fact that the component is firmly seated on the implant fixture with the aid of the outer pad and the two telescopically interfitting parts align the screw accurately with relation to the threaded bore. The two interfitting pads can be designed to form an assembly including resilient means, such as a spring, to enable the inner part to press down on the outer pad while turning the inner part, so that the entire installation procedure can be completed with two fingers (e.g: thumb and forefinger) while turning the inner pad to install the screw. When the installation procedure is finished both parts can be detached from the screw and the component simply by pulling them away in the supragingival direction. It is not necessary to tighten the screw to its final torque limit with the carrying and affixing means of the present invention; that task can be performed with a separate torque-limited driver.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 and 2 show a typical transmucosal component 10 and a typical screw 12 for use to install the transmucosal component on a dental implant fixture 14 which has been installed in jawbone 16. The screw and the transmucosal component are shown in relative positions suitable for installing them on the implant fixture, which has an internally-threaded bore 18 for receiving the screw. As is typical in the art, the implant fixture may have an anti-rotation boss 20 extending supragingivally from it, and the transmucosal component 10 may have a mating socket 22 for interfitting with the boss 20. In practice, the boss and the socket may be reversed. In either case, the transmucosal component must be fitted to the implant fixture with these anti-rotation devices engaged one in the other, prior to turning the screw 12 into the bore 18.
FIG. 3 shows in longitudinal section a tubular holder part 28 for the transmucosal component 10. The internal diameter of this holder part is expanded at its lower end 30 to provide a recess with an internal shoulder 36 for receiving the supragingival end of the transmucosal component. The wall around the recess can be longitudinally slotted if desired to provide a circular array of resilient fingers (see FIG. 6) for releasibly holding the transmucosal component; alternatively the holder part 28 can be made of a resilient plastic material, in which case the wall around the recess can be continuous and the normal resilience of the plastic material will suffice to do the same thing. At its other end the holder has an expanded head 32 for gripping it and a second internal shoulder 34 for a purpose to be described.
In FIG. 5A a manipulator 132 is fixed to the upper end of the second (driver) part 40, and a spring 130 is fitted around the second part 40 between the manipulator 132 and the expanded head 32 of the tubular part 28. The transmucosal component 10 can be pressed to the implant fixture by force exerted on the tubular part 28 from the manipulator 132 via the spring 130, while the manipulator is turned to turn the second part 40. The manipulator 132 thus has two functions exercisable simultaneously--namely, to press the transmucosal component 10 to the implant fixture 14 and to drive the screw 12 into the threaded bore 18.
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