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Granted Patent B2
US 10,213,279 · App. 15/120,938 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Denture fixing attachment

Inventor: Je Won Wang (Daejeon, KR)
A61C8/0053A61C8/0048A61C8/0062A61C8/0095
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Patent No.
US 10,213,279
App. No.
15/120,938
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a denture fixing attachment including: a rod-shaped joint member, having an upper end for supporting a denture fixed thereto and a locking protruding portion protruding laterally from a lower portion of the joint member; and an abutment having a coupling portion formed in an outer surface of a lower portion thereof so as to be coupled to a fixture recess formed in the fixture, and a receiving portion formed in an upper portion thereof so as to receive the lower portion of the joint member therein, wherein the receiving portion of the abutment includes a receiving recess for receiving the lower portion of the joint member inserted thereinto, and a stop protruding portion provided in the receiving portion above the receiving recess and having a guide groove disposed adjacent to the stop protruding portion for guiding coupling movement of the locking protruding portion fitted thereinto.

Claims (5)

1. A denture-fixing attachment for freely connecting a denture to a fixture implanted into an alveolar bone in a slanted direction by adjusting a denture angle of the denture with respect to the fixture, the denture-fixing attachment comprising:

a rod-shaped joint member having an upper end for supporting the denture fixed thereto and a locking protruding portion protruding laterally from a lower portion of the joint member; and

an abutment having a coupling portion formed in an outer surface of a lower portion thereof so as to be coupled to a fixture recess formed in the fixture, and a receiving portion formed in an upper portion thereof so as to receive the lower portion of the joint member therein,

wherein the receiving portion of the abutment includes a receiving recess for receiving the lower portion of the joint member inserted thereinto, and a stop protruding portion provided in the receiving portion above the receiving recess and having a guide groove disposed adjacent to the stop protruding portion for guiding coupling movement of the locking protruding portion fitted thereinto,

wherein the guide groove includes a first guide groove part formed in a vertical direction, a second guide groove part formed at an end of the first guide groove part in a horizontal direction, and a third guide groove part formed at an end of the second guide groove part in the vertical direction, and wherein a bottom end of the vertical third guide groove part is open downward along the vertical direction at a distal end thereof, such that the locking protruding portion moves through and out of the guide groove and into the receiving recess as the joint member is inserted thereinto.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0026568 · Mar 6, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160361144A1 · Dec 15, 2016
Cited By (1)
US 12,303,352