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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vincent J. Morgan, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Diro, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 ;
Abstract
An abutment ( A, B, C) for a medical or dental implant has a prosthetic receiving tapered post formed with a locking step ( ) for removably restraining a sleeve member such as an emergence cuff ( A). The emergence cuff is receivable on the post of the abutment and has an outer surface configuration which merges confluently with the abutment outer surface. The emergence cuff is formed with a snap on interface ( ) for use with a second sleeve ( A) having a complimentary snap on interface ( ). When the second sleeve is open ended, a pin ( ) is shown for closing off the outer end of the second sleeve, if desired.