US 12,257,127 B2
Dental implant system
Miguel G Montero, Boynton Beach, FL (US); Isabel-Marie Scalise, West Palm Beach, FL (US); Michael D Bobby, Port St. Lucie, FL (US); Werner Weithaler, Postal (IT); Andreas Geier, Gargazon (IT); and Ryan Weller, Palm City, FL (US)
Assigned to BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,497.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,519, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265396 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/0022 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0066 (2013.01); A61C 8/0074 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental implant system, comprising:
a prosthetic assembly including:
a dental component having a bore extending through the dental component from a proximal end to a distal end, the dental component extending through a longitudinal centerline, the bore comprising a screw head portion and an interference portion positioned distal to the screw head portion, wherein the screw head portion extends through a longitudinal centerline aligned with the longitudinal centerline of the dental component and wherein the interference portion extends through a longitudinal centerline that is offset spatially from the longitudinal centerline of the dental component, the interference portion defining an interference ledge; and
a retention screw configured to extend through the bore of the dental component, the retention screw including:
a head;
a shaft extending from the head;
a threaded portion; and
an engagement portion defining an interference shoulder,
wherein, in a first mode, the retention screw shaft is positioned in the interference portion and the engagement portion is configured to engage the interference ledge of the dental component when a removal torque is applied to the retention screw and, in a different second mode, the retention screw shaft is positioned in the interference portion and the engagement portion is configured to be disengaged from the interference ledge of the dental component in the absence of application of the removal torque.