Abstract: A means for fastening a capping on bone tissue or the like over an area of original, locally depressed, chipped or fractured tissue to promote the growth of additional tissue is disclosed, comprising generally, a pin which has, at one end, a bead for attachment of a foil and, at the other end, an external thread for threading into the original tissue or bone. Between the bead and the thread is a smooth-walled segment whose diameter is preferably larger than the diameter of the external thread. The method, unlike previous prior art methods, facilitates growing of the bone between two teeth or between teeth and a denture. The method permits, for example, restoring a jawbone to a larger extent than over areas where there were only slight depressions.

Abstract: The device comprises a tool 21 with a cutting part 23 and a shaft 25. The shaft 25 is provided with an annular catch groove 25d and carries a sleeve 31 which encloses it and comprises a catch projection 31c which engages in the catch groove 25d so as to be detachable, wherein the shaft 25 and the sleeve 31 are rotatable relative to one another. The sleeve 31 is provided with a coolant inlet 31d which opens into an annular duct 41 enclosing the shaft 25 and communicating with a passage 43. This duct 41 is connected with the passage 43 for guiding a coolant, which passage 43 extends through the tool 21 until its cutting part 23 and opens into the surroundings at the free end of the cutting part 23 or in the vicinity of the latter. The sleeve 31 can be secured against axial displacements by means of a catch projection 31c, which is engaged in a catch groove 25d, without separate connection parts and without taking up much axial space.

Abstract: The alloplastic material comprises bundles of metallic fibers loosely held together. The fibers preferably consist of a titanium-based alloy containing at least one of the metals niobium, tantalum, zirconium, chromium, molybdenum and aluminum, and may be provided with a coat of an organic substance selected to be absorbed inside a human or animal body. On the outer surfaces of the fibers consisting of the named alloy there may arise layers of oxides effective to protect the metal beneath against chemical influences taking place in the body. Moreover, the metals present in the fibers in the form of alloy components are not toxic and enable a good bond with natural tissue to take place. Without the optional coat, the fiber thickness has a value of less than 20 micrometers and preferably 15 micrometers or less. Thus, subjecting the fibers to bending, as takes place with alloplastic material inside the body, will not cause any fatigue fractures.

Abstract: A drive shaft continuously rotating in a single direction operates to drive a driven shaft with alternating bidirectional rotative movement through a gear transmission which includes a first gear mounted on the drive shaft and second and third gears mounted on the driven shaft, with the first gear having teeth on only a portion thereof, the teeth alternately engaging the second and third gears as the drive shaft rotates. The gear teeth on the first, second and third gears have a tooth pitch t.sub.0 and the teeth on the second and third gears are offset relative to each other by an arc length measured along the pitch circle of the gear which is not grater than one-fourth of the tooth pitch t.sub.0.

Abstract: A conductor device having at least one spiral which is formed from at least one conductor, each conductor consisting of wires which are stranded together to form a bundle. In addition, the wires belonging to a conductor can all consist of the same material or of different materials, one of which has a large breaking strength and the other one having high electric conductivity. The conductor device can connect, for example, in a heart pacemaker, the contact electrode inserted in the heart with an electric pulse generator. The conductor device provides a relatively high electric conductance with great flexibility, expandability, breaking strength and, in particular, fatigue resistance.

Abstract: An implant is disclosed for securing a base to be anchored in a jaw bone and formed by two substantially cylindrical hollow sleeves open on both their ends, and an also hollow portion of a pin. The other portion of pin projecting beyond the base forms a column intended for supporting a denture. The outer surfaces of the sleeves are provided with grooves which are distributed over the circumference. At the side remote from the column, the grooves do not extend up to the respective end face of the sleeve, so that at these locations the grooves shallow out by end faces which are capable of transmitting axial pressures occurring in an implant inserted in a jaw. The grooves also contribute to a uniform circumferential distribution of forces which are to be transmitted in a direction transverse to the column axis. With the sleeves open also on the column side, only little bone material over growth is needed for covering the sleeves.

Abstract: A plate bearing against a bone has a number of clearance holes with sleeves. Openings provided in the sleeves include each a section diverging away from the bone and bounded by a conical surface. The sleeves are subdivided into tongues by means of slots cut into the free face of the collar. A screw is screwed into the bone at every clearance hole, the head of the screw being bounded by a conical or convex surface. By tightening the screw the tongues are forced apart by the head of the screw, thus clamping the sleeve in relation to the plate. This provides a guarantee, that the plate will stay rigidly connected with the screws, even if a reabsorption of bone takes place. Some of the sleeves comprise clamping parts excentric in relation to the screw axes, enabling the surgeon to press the bone pieces against each other.

Abstract: A prosthesis for forming the spherical part of a hip joint with a calotte-shaped cap is disclosed. The inner surface of the prosthesis is provided with grooves and ribs which are evenly distributed over the circumference of the inner surface and extend along planes which, in turn, extend through the rotational symmetry axis of the outer cap surface. A sleeve having jacket is provided with holes is rigidly secured at the inner end of the inner cap surface on the cap and projects partly out of the latter. The ribbing of the inner cap surface and the sleeve permit the prosthesis to be firmly and durably secured in an operation on the bone without cement.

Abstract: A prosthesis for forming the spherical part of a hip joint with a calotte-shaped cap is disclosed. The inner surface of the prosthesis is provided with grooves and ribs which are evenly distributed over the circumference of the inner surface and extend along planes which, in turn, extend through the rotational symmetry axis of the outer cap surface. A sleeve having jacket is provided with holes is rigidly secured at the inner end of the inner cap surface on the cap and projects partly out of the latter. The ribbing of the inner cap surface and the sleeve permit the prosthesis to be firmly and durably secured in an operation on the bone without cement.

Abstract: A burner nozzle comprises an outer body (21) having a longitudinal hole (21a) therethrough. Screwed into the hole is a pin (27) applying by one of its ends against a vortex body (25) and pressing the latter into contact with the inner front side of a nozzle body (21) having a nozzle orifice (23a). The vortex body (25) is provided with channels which connect an annular cavity (43) surrounding the vortex body (25) to a vortex pocket (45). The pin (27) is provided with an oblong hole (27g) for the fuel supply. In the vicinity of the vortex body (25), this oblong hole (27g) communicates, through radial bores (27h), with another annular cavity (41) which is bounded by the inside surface of the outer body (21) and by an annular groove (27c) provided in the pin (27). The pin portion (27d) extending between the two annular cavities is provided with a circular row of grooves having a sectional area which is smaller than that of the vortex body channels.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elongate plate for osteosynthesis. The plate comprises at least two screw holes and a respective hole-free longitudinal section separating each neighboring pair of the screw holes. A spacing, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plate, between two mutually opposite surfaces of at least two sections containing the screw holes is greater than that between two mutually opposite surfaces of the hole-free sections. The plate exhibits at least in the region of the screw holes a bending resistance amount W=I/e along a plane extending substantially centrally of the plate in the longitudinal direction of the plate and intersecting substantially perpendicularly that surface of the plate which is intended to rest on a bone.

Abstract: An implant for fixing an artificial replacement tooth to a jaw bone comprises a post for firmly holding the replacement tooth and at least two hollow cylindrical bodies. The bodies have mutually parallel axes, are rigidly connected to the post and open at one axial end. The cylindrical wall of each body is intended to be inserted into the jaw bone and is provided with means defining passages through which the jaw bone can grow to secure the implant to the jaw. A group of teeth may be fixed to the jaw by the use of a bridge and two or more implants.

Abstract: The device includes an oscillation body and an electronic circuitry component connected to an oscillation detector and to plural oscillation generators, and including a period of frequency meter, phase shifters supplying the generators with an excitation signal shifted in phase relative to the detector signal, and a modulator. The phase angle between the detector and excitation signals, and the oscillating frequency, are varied substantially periodically within a given interval at a frequency which is lower than the oscillation frequency. Control elements control the phase and frequency position of the interval as a function of the variation of the ratio of the detector signal to the excitation signal, and of the relation between the variations, within the interval, of the detector and excitation signals and the phase angle therebetween.

Abstract: A tetragonal age-hardened copper-zinc-nickel-manganese alloy, which has good cold-working properties which enable it readily to be rolled, drawn and forged, is disclosed. The alloy, which can be used to stamp complicated parts such as escapement forks and pinions for clock work mechanisms, comprises36 to 44% copper,21 to 28% in toto of zinc with or without tin and/or indium, provided that tin and/or indium if present amount together to at most 10%,18 to 25% in toto of nickel with or without cobalt, provided that cobalt if present amounts to at most 5%,10 to 18% manganese,Up to 0.5% of at least one of beryllium and the rare-earth metals, provided that neither the beryllium content nor the rare-earth metals content exceeds 0.3%,Additives from the group lithium, magnesium, calcium and titanium, serving as de-oxidizing elements, and iron as the usual impurity.