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US6471515:
Device for holding an abutment[En]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Feuer, Marshall B.; Farmington Hills, MI 48330
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2002-10-29
/ 2001-01-12
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| Application Number: |
US2001000759063
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 17/30;
A61C 8/00;
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IPC-7:
A61C 3/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
B25B9/02; A61B17/30; A61C8/00S; A61C8/00T; K61B17/00Q14;
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| U.S. Class: |
433/162;
606/211;
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| Field of Search: |
433/159,160,161,162
606/210,211
294/99.2,33
968/666,DIG. 1
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| Priority Number: |
| 2001-01-12 |
US2001000759063 |
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| Abstract: |
The current invention provides a device for holding dental abutments such as healing caps, healing screws, contoured healing abutments, PME (precision margin esthetics) abutments, PME impression pins, hexed transfer assemblies, straight and angled fixed system components, hexed coping screws or any dental implant parts when the object is being inserted or otherwise located into a patient's mouth. The device is tweezer-like and is designed to hold a dental abutment having a central axis. The device includes a pair of substantially identical members that are joined together at one of the ends and each have a free end. The members are disposed in the V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free end spaced apart so that when the members are squeezed towards one another, the free ends are brought into contact. Each of the members has a handle portion including the joined end, and an offset gripping portion. The gripping portion of each member has a junction segment which is joined to the handle portion and forms an interior angle in the range of 70-110 degrees with the handle portion. The gripping portion also has a grip segment with a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end of the grip segment of the other member. When gripped, the dental abutment is retained at angle in the range of 60-90 degrees to the handle portion.
[En]
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
O'Connor, Cary E.;
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A tweezer-like device for holding a dental abutment having a central axis, the device comprising:
- a substantially identical first and second member each having a joined end and a free end, the members being disposed in a V-like configuration with the joined ends interconnected and the free ends spaced apart such that when the members are urged towards one another, the free ends are urged into contact;
- each of the members further having a handle portion including the joined end, and an offset gripping portion;
- the gripping portion of each member having a junction segment joined to the handle portion and forming an interior angle in the range of 70 to 110 degrees with the handle portion, the gripping portion further having a grip segment having a first end joined to the junction segment and a second end configured to grip the dental abutment through cooperative action with the second end of the grip segment of the other member such that the central axis of the dental abutment is retained at an angle in the range of 60 to 90 degrees to the handle portion; and
- a locking device operable to selectively retain the first and second members in a position such that the free ends are in contact, the locking device comprising a locking arm extending from the first member and selectively engaging the second member.
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