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US 12,251,291 · App. 17/543,366 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Screwless dental implant connection

Inventors: Miguel Montero (Boynton Beach, FL); Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, FL); David Rebollar (Boynton Beach, FL)
Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
A61C8/0089A61C8/0001A61C8/0013A61C8/005A61C8/0063A61C8/0065A61C8/0066A61C8/0074A61C8/006A61C8/0069
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Patent No.
US 12,251,291
App. No.
17/543,366
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dental restoration system is disclosed. A dental restoration system includes an implant, retention component, dental component and driver tool. The retention component is seatable in a retention chamber of the implant. The retention component includes a driver section for interfacing with a driving head of the driver tool and a dental component engagement section with a threaded surface. The dental component includes a retention component interface surface with threads. The dental component engages the retention component via the threaded surface interlocking with the threads of the retention component interface surface when the dental component is inserted in the implant. The driver tool is used to rotate the retention component to engage the dental component apically. The retention component contacts the retention component wall and the dental component contacts an annular shoulder of the implant when the dental component is fully attached to the implant.

Claims (35)

1. A dental restoration system comprising:

an implant having a tip, a cylindrical body, an open end having an annular shoulder, and a bore including a first anti-rotation section, a retention component chamber, and a stop wall positioned between the first anti-rotation section and the retention component chamber;

a retention component seated in the retention component chamber of the implant, the retention component including an annular protrusion and a support body, the annular protrusion positioned at an apical end of the support body and an engagement section positioned at a coronal end of the support body;

an insert seated in the retention component chamber between the annular protrusion of the retention component and the stop wall of the implant; and

a two-piece cover screw including a cap that is attachable to a body portion, the cap including an annular protrusion of the cap and a stem extending from the annular protrusion, and the body portion including a bore extending from a coronal end of the body portion to an apical end of the body portion, wherein, during attachment of the two-piece cover screw to the implant, the body portion is inserted into the first anti-rotation section of the implant and the stem is inserted into the engagement section of the retention component, wherein, the cap and the retention component are configured to rotate relative to the body portion and the implant while the retention component moves in a coronal direction and engages an apical portion of the body portion to couple the two-piece cover screw to the implant.

2. The dental restoration system of claim 1 , wherein the stem of annular protrusion of the cap includes an annular slot and engagement features.

3. The dental restoration system of claim 2 , wherein the stem is configured to extend into the body portion such that an annular tab of the body portion is received within the annular slot to couple the cap to the body portion of the two-piece cover screw such that the cap, when coupled to the body portion, can rotate relative to the body portion.

4. The dental restoration system of claim 3 , wherein the engagement features on the stem are configured to be received within the engagement section of the retention component to rotationally lock the cap to the retention component.

5. The dental restoration system of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the annular protrusion of the cap is configured to abut the annular shoulder of the implant when the two-piece cover screw is coupled to the implant.

6. The dental restoration system of claim 1 , wherein the insert is a C-shaped insert.

7. The dental restoration system of claim 1 , wherein the cap includes a socket configured to receive a driving head of a driving tool, wherein the cap and the driving tool are rotationally locked such that any rotational force applied to the driving tool translates to the retention component.

8. A dental restoration system comprising:

an implant having a tip, a cylindrical body, an open end having an annular shoulder, and a bore including a first anti-rotation section and a retention component chamber;

a retention component seated in the retention component chamber of the implant, the retention component includes an annular protrusion and a support body, the annular protrusion of the retention component positioned at an apical end of the support body and an engagement section at a coronal end of the support body;

an insert seated in the retention component chamber and positioned around the support body of the retention component; and

a two-piece cover screw including:

a cap rotatably coupled to a body portion, the cap including an annular

protrusion and a stem extending from the annular protrusion of the cap, the body portion including a bore extending from a coronal end of the body portion to an apical end of the body portion.

9. The dental restoration system of claim 8 , wherein the cap is rotationally locked to the retention component and the body portion is rotationally locked to the implant.

10. The dental restoration system of claim 9 , wherein the cap and the retention component are configured to rotate relative to the body portion and the implant.

11. The dental restoration system of claim 9 , wherein the stem includes an annular slot and an engagement section including non-rotational features.

12. The dental restoration system of claim 11 , wherein the annular slot is configured to receive an annular tab of the body portion to rotationally lock the cap to the body portion, the annular tab positioned at the coronal end of the body portion.

13. The dental restoration system of claim 11 , wherein the non-rotational features of the engagement section are configured to engage with the engagement section of the retention component to non-rotationally lock the cap to the retention component.

14. The dental restoration system of claim 8 , wherein an external surface of the body portion includes locking features configured to engage with the first anti-rotational section of the implant to rotationally lock the body portion of the two-piece cover screw to the implant.

15. A dental restoration system comprising:

a two-piece cover screw including:

a cap including an annular protrusion and a stem extending from the annular protrusion of the cap, wherein the stem includes an annular slot and anti-rotation features; and

a body portion configured to be received within a bore of a dental implant, the body portion extending from a coronal end to an apical end, the body portion having an external surface comprising an anti-rotational locking feature that interfaces with a first anti-rotational section the dental implant and having a bore extending from the coronal end to the apical end, wherein the body portion includes an annular tab that is configured to be received within the annular slot of the cap to rotationally couple the body portion to the cap; and

a retention component seated in a retention component chamber of the dental implant, the retention component includes an annular protrusion and a support body, the annular protrusion of the retention component positioned at an apical end of the support body and an engagement section at a coronal end of the support body.

16. The dental restoration system of claim 15 , wherein the dental implant has a tip, a cylindrical body, and an open end having an annular shoulder, and wherein the bore of the dental implant includes the first anti-rotation section and the retention component chamber and further including:

an insert seated in the retention component chamber positioned around the support body of the retention component.

17. The dental restoration system of claim 16 , wherein an inner surface of the body portion includes a threaded surface, and the external surface of the body portion includes a plurality of anti-rotation features.

18. The dental restoration system of claim 16 , wherein an external surface of the support body includes a threaded surface that is configured to engage with the threaded surface of the body portion when a rotational force is applied to the cap.

19. The dental restoration system of claim 16 , wherein the cap is rotationally locked to the retention component and the body portion is rotationally locked to the dental implant such that when a rotational force is applied to the cap, the rotational force is transferred to the retention component such that the cap and the retention component rotate relative to the body portion and the dental implant.

20. The dental restoration system of claim 15 , wherein, the body portion is configured to be inserted into the dental implant such that the first anti-rotation section of the dental implant engages the anti-rotation features of the body portion thereby rotationally locking the body portion to the dental implant.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BIOMET 3I, LLC; ZIMMER DENTAL INC.
Reel/Frame 073142/0312 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: BIOMET 3I, LLC; ZIMMER DENTAL INC.; IMPLANT CONCIERGE, LLC
To: GOLUB CAPITAL LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073142/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: MONTERO, MIGUEL; SUTTIN, ZACHARY B; REBOLLAR, DAVID
To: BIOMET 3I, LLC
Reel/Frame 068236/0024 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: BIOMET 3I, LLC; EBI, LLC; ZIMMER BIOMET SPINE, INC.; ZIMMER DENTAL INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 059293/0213 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16222205 · Dec 17, 2018
Continuation 15172914 · Jun 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62172363 · Jun 8, 2015
Related Publication 20220087790A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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