Implant, and method and system for producing such an implant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9737392-B2
Application number	US-201414454455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2014
Priority date	Dec 21, 2001
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

In a method and system for producing an implant, the latter is designed with one or more surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction of the implant. Two or three production stages can be used. In one stage, either a topography with a long wave pattern is produced by means of cutting work, or laser bombardment or further cutting work is used to produce a topography with an intermediate-length wave pattern. In addition, an oxidation process or shot-peening or etching is used to produce an outer layer. When using two of said production stages, said cutting work or said laser bombardment or further cutting work is followed by the oxidation process or the shot-peening or etching method. When using all three production stages, cutting work is followed by laser bombardment, or further cutting work, which in turn is followed for example by the oxidation process. The invention also relates to an implant which is produced using the method and is identified, ordered and produced using the system. The invention permits effective treatment of different implant situations.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for providing an implant or implants for different treatment situations, the system comprising:
a first member for identification and analysis of a hardness of a bone part;
a second member for transmitting information related to the identification and analysis of the bone part; and
a third member that produces an implant with a surface treatment based upon the information related to the identification and analysis of the hardness of the bone part, wherein the third member produces different surface treatments on the implant corresponding to the identification and analysis of the hardness of the bone part.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the different surface treatments comprise different wave patterns on a dental implant.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first member is configured to identify hard, medium and soft bone parts.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein different surface treatments correspond to hard, medium and soft bone parts.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the different surface treatments comprise different wave patterns on a dental implant.

Assignees

• Nobel Biocare Services Ag

Inventors

• Hall Jan

Classifications

• A61F2002/30922

  Hardened surfaces · CPC title

• A61C2008/0046

  Textured surface, e.g. roughness, microstructure (A61C8/0013 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61F2/30771

  applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves · CPC title

• A61F2310/00616

  Coating made of titanium oxide or hydroxides · CPC title

• A61F2002/30866

  Rounded threads · CPC title