MEDICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD OF IMPLANTATION
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180263735A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-20

    申请号:US15919924

    申请日:2018-03-13

    CPC classification number: A61C8/0034 A61C8/0018 A61C8/0022

    Abstract: A medical implant and a method of implanting a medical implant are disclosed. The medical implant (20) is elongate and for fixation in a patient, and comprises an apical bone anchoring portion (200) for bone apposition, and an unthreaded coronal portion (210), wherein said coronal portion (210) has a length (L2) exceeding or equaling a length (L1) of said apical portion (200), and wherein said apical portion (200) has a maximum outer diameter (D1) that is equal to or larger than a maximum outer diameter (D2) of said coronal portion. In a method of implanting a medical implant, an apical part is affixed in the zygomatic bone, and a coronal part is positioned outside the maxilla in the mucous membrane.

    DENTAL IMPLANT AND DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180028284A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-01

    申请号:US15662585

    申请日:2017-07-28

    Applicant: Z-Systems AG

    Inventor: Ernst Thomke

    Abstract: A dental implant includes an implant body with a coronally open cavity as well as at least one exit opening from an inside to the enossal outer surface. A thermoplastic element in the solid condition is arranged in the cavity or is introducible into the cavity and can be brought into an at least partly flowable condition by way of applying a pressing force, which is directed apically into the cavity, and mechanical oscillations and in this condition at least a share of the flowable material of the thermoplastic element can be pressed through the at least one exit opening into surrounding bone tissue on account of the pressing force, when the implant body is arranged in an opening in the bone tissue and the enossal outer surface is in contact with the bone tissue.

    Artificial salivary gland
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09872757B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-23

    申请号:US15080140

    申请日:2016-03-24

    Abstract: Artificial salivary gland devices and assemblies are provided. The present disclosure provides artificial salivary pump/gland devices and assemblies, and related methods of use. One embodiment utilizes the interstitial/marrow fluid reservoir within the underlying mandibular or maxillary bone as a source for replacement saliva. The salivary pump/assembly, which is implantable in the mandibular or maxillary bone as a dental implant and driven by incidental tooth contact and masticatory forces, harvests interstitial/marrow fluid and treats it via semi-permeable membrane technology and soluble particles as a continuously available saliva replacement. Masticatory forces and tooth contact power the pump to both harvest interstitial/marrow fluid and drive flow through a bed of ion-exchange resins and/or soluble particles to adjust fluid chemistry providing a continuously available saliva-like solution. Exemplary devices and assemblies can also be utilized to introduce beneficial bacteria into the oral cavity and/or be utilized as a delivery system for drugs/therapeutic agents.

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