Implant carrier with gripping fingers

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1999-01-05

2000-12-12

Wilson, John J.

Dentistry

Apparatus

Hand manipulatable implement

433141, 433173, A61C 300, A61C 800

Patent

active

061590088

ABSTRACT:
A carrier, for a dental implant kit, for reliably and releasably holding the dental implant. The carrier incorporates a plurality of flexible fingers for engaging a screw of the dental implant kit in which the screw is threadably engaged with the implant. The fingers latch on to the screw by providing a mechanical lock in a groove of the screw. The fingers can further grip the screw by applying a generally radial compressive force on the screw. Advantageously, the resiliency and structure of the carrier fingers not only provides a reliable long-term grip on the screw, and hence the implant, but also permit the screw, and hence the implant, to be conveniently attached and detached from the carrier.

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patent: 5622500 (1997-04-01), Niznick
patent: 5755575 (1998-05-01), Biggs

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