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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Nobel Biocare Services Ag, Kloten, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nobel Biocare Services AG, Kloten, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0034 (2013.01); A61C 8/0018 (2013.01); A61C 8/0022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical implant and a method of implanting a medical implant are disclosed. In some embodiments, the medical implant can include an apical bone anchoring portion for bone apposition and an unthreaded coronal portion. The coronal portion can have a length (L) exceeding or equaling a length (L) of the apical portion. Further, in some embodiments, the apical portion has a maximum outer diameter (D) that is equal to or larger than a maximum outer diameter (D) of the coronal portion. In some embodiments of the method, an apical part of an implant is affixed in the zygomatic bone and a coronal part is positioned outside the maxilla in the mucous membrane.