Patent ID: 7033174

Claim:
A prosthetic mounting device for securing a prosthetic device on bone tissue, the device comprising: a threaded shaft configured to be screwed into bone tissue; a prosthetic abutment attached to and axially extending from an aft end of the shaft, the abutment being configured to engage and rigidly support a prosthesis, the abutment including an O-ball and a nut disposed between the O-ball and the threaded shaft; and a collar extending radially outward from around the aft end of the threaded shaft and shaped for threaded insertion of the device to a depth that leaves protruding from bone an upper portion of the collar of sufficient height to laterally abut surrounding gingival tissue while supporting a prosthetic at a proper height; the shaft, abutment, and collar being formed together as a single unitary piece, the collar including a frusto-conical surface tapering radially outward from the threaded portion of the shaft to a plane generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft and adjacent the aft end of the shaft.