Patent ID: 8727774

Claim:
Au implant carrier device adapted for removable engagement with a dental implant, the implant carrier device comprising: a linear body member having first and second ends and an axial bore there through, the first end thereof including a faceted exterior surface, the second end thereof including a faceted exterior surface adapted for nonrotational engagement of a dental implant; a linear screw member having a head end of selected diameter and a threaded end, the screw member rotationally captured within the axial bore of the linear body member by an internal shoulder supporting the head end of the linear screw member and by a capture bushing in the form of a cylinder press fitted within the axial bore, adjacent the first end of the linear body member, the capture bushing including an axial aperture of selected diameter less than the selected diameter of the head end of the screw member, the axial aperture accessing the head end of the screw member, with the threaded end of the screw member extending exterior the second end of the linear body member, the threaded end of the screw member adapted for rotational engagement of a threaded well of a dental implant; whereby a dental implant engaged with both the exterior second end of the linear body member and the threaded end of the captured screw member is partially driven into an osteotomy by means of the implant carrier device, followed by disengagement of the implant carrier device from the partially driven implant by rotation of the screw member captured within the axial bore of the implant carrier device by a tool engaging the head end thereof, the head end of the screw member contacting the capture bushing press fitted and fully inserted within the axial bore to forcibly lift the implant carrier out of the implant.