US 12,133,786 B2
Dental implant evaluation unit
Paramvir Singh, Naperville, IL (US)
Filed by Paramvir Singh, Naperville, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,294.
Application 17/893,294 is a continuation of application No. 16/722,184, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,452,583.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/790,529, filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0401190 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/0022 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0012 (2013.01); A61C 8/0093 (2013.01); A61C 2008/0084 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental implant evaluation unit comprising:
an evaluation unit member; and
a substantially circular safety flange;
the evaluation unit member comprising a generally cylindrical body portion and a generally cylindrical collar portion, the collar portion extending longitudinally upwardly from the body portion;
the body portion having a first thread pattern integrated into the exterior of the body portion;
the collar portion being integrally formed with the body portion;
the safety flange being formed separately from the evaluation unit member so as to be adapted to be coupled to the collar portion;
the collar portion including an upper surface at an upper end of the evaluation unit member, the upper surface including a driver inset integrally formed therein;
the safety flange having an inner periphery, the inner periphery of the safety flange forming a hole in the safety flange, the hole extending longitudinally through the safety flange, the safety flange being coupled to the collar portion in such a manner that the collar portion extends longitudinally through the hole in the safety flange.