IP Library Granted Patent US 9,697,748
Granted Patent B1
US 9,697,748 · App. 13/355,819 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Two-piece fixture mount assembly

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,697,748
App. No.
13/355,819
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A dental implant two-piece fixture mount has an implant fixture-mount base portion at its distal end and a snap-on, separate, separable top piece at its proximal end.

Claims (4)

1. A two-piece dental implant fixture mount includes a first piece comprising an implant fixture-mount base portion at the distal end of said fixture mount, and a second piece comprising a snap-on, separable top piece at the proximal end of said fixture mount, said second piece including a proximal insertion-tool-engaging portion, a distal insertion projection, and a distal skirt with protrusions on the distal surface of said skirt, said first piece including a separable, integrally-formed, proximal portion that includes a separation groove near the bottom of the external surface of said separable, integrally-formed, proximal portion, and a longitudinal through passage, and, inside said first piece, an internal groove for engaging said protrusions upon insertion of said second piece into said first piece said through passage having a size and shape to receive a fixation screw for attachment of said first piece to a dental implant, and having an internal, multi-sided region of a size and shape to anti-rotationally engage said distal insertion projection.

2. The fixture mount of claim 1 , wherein said first and second pieces include at least two alignable flat external and/or internal surface regions, and a distal, multi-sided protrusion for engagement with a complementary, multi-sided inner surface in a passage inside a dental implant.

3. A two-piece dental implant fixture mount includes two separate pieces: a first piece comprising an implant fixture-mount base portion at the distal end of said fixture mount, and a second piece comprising a snap-on, separate, separable top piece at the proximal end of said fixture mount, said second piece including an insertion-tool-engaging portion, a distal insertion projection, and a distal cylindrical skirt with a plurality of protrusions on the skirt's surface, said first piece including a separable, integrally-formed proximal portion, and a longitudinal through passage that is of a size and shape to receive a fixation screw for attachment of said first piece to a dental implant, and that includes an internal, multi-sided region of a size and shape to anti-rotationally engage said distal insertion projection.

4. A two-piece dental implant fixture mount includes two separate pieces: a first piece comprising an implant fixture-mount base portion at the distal end of said fixture mount, and a second, separate piece comprising a snap-on, separable top piece at the proximal end of said fixture mount, said second piece including an insertion-tool-engaging portion, a distal insertion projection, and a distal cylindrical skirt with a plurality of protrusions on the skirt's surface, said first piece including a separable, integrally-formed proximal portion, and a longitudinal through passage that is of a size and shape to receive a fixation screw for attachment of the first piece to a dental implant, and that includes an internal, multi-sided region of a size and shape to anti-rotationally engage said distal insertion projection.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: KERR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055886/0185 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2020
From: KERR CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 052611/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2017
From: NIZNICK, GERALD A; ARAVENA, INEZ M
To: IMPLANT DIRECT SYBRON INTERNATIONAL, LLC.
Reel/Frame 042976/0869 →