Patent ID: 7331962

Claim:
A fixture for anchorage in bone tissue, said fixture comprising: a fixture anchoring portion and an application portion shaped and configured for connection with a prosthesis, said anchoring portion including a screw-threaded part, wherein the application portion has an outer end and an end connected with said anchoring portion, said application portion being formed with a flared part whose outer dimensions widen from said end connected to said anchoring portion in a direction toward the outer end of said application portion, wherein said flared part is elastically resilient transversely to the longitudinal direction of said fixture; wherein said flared part has the form of a truncated cone and is formed by an outer wall that surrounds a cavity which is open toward the outer end of said application portion; wherein said outer wall is provided with through-penetrating slots which extend from said outer end of said application portion and which connect the cavity with the outside of said outer wall, wherein each said slot defines an angle α with the radial direction of the truncated cone; and wherein said slots slope rearwardly from the cavity to the outside of said outer wall in relation to the direction in which said fixture is rotated when screwing in said fixture, this direction being defined by said screw-threaded part.