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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Straumann Holding Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Patrick Streff, Basel, CH;
Edmund Suter, Basel, CH;
Assignee:
Straumann Holding AG, Basel, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01); F16B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0048 (2013.01); F16B 23/003 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01);
Abstract
Connecting screw () for a dental implant () can be screwed securely by means of a commercially available rotary tool (), even if the central longitudinal axis C of the connecting screw () and the longitudinal axis D of the rotary tool () are arranged at an acute angle to one another. For this purpose, the connecting screw () has a shaft portion () having an outer thread () for connection to the dental implant (), and a head portion () having a blind-bore-shaped recess (), which is open toward the upper screw end () and in which an engagement means () for the rotary tool () is formed integrally.