Patents Assigned to Surgical Appliances, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4732564
    Abstract: Apparatus includes a mandible alignment device and a jaw pattern jig to prepare a one-piece metal dental implant for insertion into a patient's mouth. The alignment device has a central scissors member with a rear positioned thumb wheel controlling the longitudinal spread of the scissors blades. A front portion of a longitudinal angle adjustment member mounted over the scissors holds an anterior foot portion of a dental implant. A rod integral with the end of each scissors blade supports a housing holding a ramus member portion of a dental implant. After a pattern is determined by the alignment device, it is locked into the jaw pattern jig and the one-piece metal dental implant is bent to shape to substitute for the anterior foot and ramus members removed from the alignment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: Surgical Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank R. Potucek, Edward J. Smith