US 12,458,419 B2
Maxilla repositioning implant comprising a retaining bracket
Frank Reinauer, Emmingen-Liptingen (DE); and Lorenz Gabele, Sauldorf (DE)
Assigned to KARL LEIBINGER ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH & CO. KG, Mühlheim (DE)
Appl. No. 18/030,459
Filed by KARL LEIBINGER ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH & CO. KG., Mühlheim (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/085560
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/128962, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 134 236.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371990 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8071 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A maxilla repositioning implant for three-dimensional precise orienting of a maxilla displacing portion relative to a remaining maxilla portion fixed to a skull, wherein:
the maxilla repositioning implant includes a base having at least two base plates each base plate having at least one base plate screw hole provided therein;
a portion of a material of a first one of the base plates as a rim defines, as a first rim, a first one of the base plate screw holes which is provided for receiving a first bone screw that facilitates fastening to the remaining maxilla portion fixed to the skull via the first bone screw to be inserted into the first base plate screw hole;
the maxilla repositioning implant further includes a connection portion which is spaced from the base via connecting bridges, wherein the connection portion has at least one connection plate having at least one connection plate screw hole provided therein;
a portion of a material of the connection plate defines, as a second rim, a connection plate screw hole that facilitates fastening to the maxilla displacing portion via a second bone screw to be inserted into the connection plate screw hole;
the first base plate is connected to a second one of the base plates via a first retaining bracket having first and second predetermined breaking points, each predetermined breaking point being at an associated end of the first retaining bracket.