IP Library Granted Patent US 11,839,522
Granted Patent B2
US 11,839,522 · App. 16/324,841 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Dental implant having a socket body, and kit for said dental implant

Inventors: Thorsten Buurlage (Gorxheimertal, DE); Dirk Zimmermann (Sexau, DE); Jochen Kullick (Emmendingen, DE)
Assignee: MAXON INTERNATIONAL AG
A61C8/0012A61C8/005A61C8/0022A61C8/0063A61C8/0066A61C8/0068
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Patent No.
US 11,839,522
App. No.
16/324,841
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a dental implant ( 100, 100′, 500 ) and to a kit for said dental implant. In order to provide dental implants ( 100, 100′, 500 ) which meet the general requirements for a successful implantation and use and which can be easily adapted to bone variations and implant offerings, it is proposed according to the invention that the dental implant ( 100, 100′, 500 ) comprises a ceramic base body ( 130, 530 ), a ceramic abutment ( 120, 120′, 520 ), a ceramic tooth structure ( 110 ), and/or a connector ( 1, 1′, 1″, 5 ) for connecting of base body ( 130, 530 ), abutment ( 120, 120′, 520 ) and/or tooth structure ( 110 ) to each other, and a bushing body ( 6 ), which is at least in a final assembly state (E) of the dental implant ( 100, 100′, 500 ) received at least partly in the base body ( 130, 530 ), in the abutment ( 120, 120′, 520 ) and/or in the tooth structure ( 110 ) or surrounds the connector ( 1, 1′, 1″, 5 ) at least in sections.

Claims (26)

1. A dental implant comprising:

a ceramic abutment,

a connector for connecting the abutment to a base body, and

a bushing body, which in a final assembly state of the dental implant is received at least partly in the abutment, and which at least in sections surrounds the connector;

wherein the bushing body is provided with at least one latching element, which is configured to engage with a counter latching element formed on the connector in order to at least temporarily captively connect the bushing body and the connector to each other;

wherein the bushing body comprises at least one lug that protrudes from an edge of a shell section of the bushing body; and

wherein the at least one latching element is formed at an end of the at least one lug pointing away from the shell section and points in a radial direction of the dental implant toward a center axis of the dental implant.

2. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bushing body and/or the connector are made at least in sections from at least one of a metal, a metal alloy, a plastic, or a carbon fiber material.

3. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bushing body in the final assembly state engages at least partly in the base body and the abutment.

4. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bushing body in the final assembly state protrudes beyond a contact surface formed on the base body, which is configured to rest against a contact surface of the abutment in the final assembly state.

5. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the final assembly state the abutment rests against the bushing body.

6. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bushing body has a cylindrical inner circumferential surface.

7. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one inner diameter of the bushing body corresponds to an outer diameter of at least one shaft segment of the connector.

8. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one positive-fit element is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the bushing body.

9. The dental implant as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one positive-fit element comprises an inserting bevel facing in an inserting direction, in which the bushing body can be inserted into the abutment.

10. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one positive element of the abutment is configured to interact in positive-fit with the bushing body.

11. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one negative element of the base body is configured to interact in positive-fit with the abutment and/or the bushing body.

12. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a minimal inner width of a portion of the bushing body is smaller than an outer diameter of a portion of the connector for screwing the connector into the base body.

13. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector is inserted in a through-hole of the abutment, and the at least one latching element of the bushing body is in engagement with the counter latching element of the connector.

14. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the counter latching element formed on the connector has a shape of an annular groove.

15. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base body is a ceramic base body.

16. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bushing body in the final assembly state is received at least partly in the base body.

17. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the final assembly state the abutment rests against the base body.

18. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one positive-fit element is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the bushing body, and wherein the at least one positive-fit element comprises an inserting bevel facing in an inserting direction, in which the bushing body can be inserted into the base body.

19. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one positive element of the abutment is configured to interact in positive-fit with the base body.

20. The dental implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dental implant comprises a ceramic tooth structure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2025
From: MAXON INTERNATIONAL AG
To: INSTITUT STRAUMANN AG
Reel/Frame 073087/0479 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2020
From: LAKEVIEW INNOVATION LTD.
To: MAXON INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 052864/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: BUURLAGE, THORSTEN; ZIMMERMANN, DIRK; KULLICK, JOCHEN
To: LAKEVIEW INNOVATION LTD.
Reel/Frame 050851/0830 →
Priority Claims (1)
CH 01040/16 · Aug 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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