Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A screw-shaped titanium anchoring member having a forward lip for permanent anchorage in bone tissue, specifically permanent anchorage of artificial teeth or tooth bridges in the jaw-bone, comprising at least one cavity located on the forward tip of the screw-shaped member, the edges of said at least one cavity on an outer threaded cylindrical surface forming a cutting portion having a cutting tooth with a cutting edge to provide self-tapping when the anchoring member is screwed into a bored hole in the bone tissue and the total volume of said at least one cavity being adapted to contain scraped-off bone tissue material wherein said cutting edge is provided with a clearance surface defined on the outer surface of the anchoring member, which when seen in a cross-section through a cutting part of the anchoring member, is slightly bevelled a short distance behind said threaded cutting edge.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A screw-shaped titanium anchoring member having a forward lip for permanent anchorage in bone tissue, specifically permanent anchorage of artificial teeth or tooth bridges in the jaw-bone, comprising at least one cavity located on the forward tip of the screw-shaped member, the edges of said at least one cavity on an outer threaded cylindrical surface forming a cutting portion having a cutting tooth with a cutting edge to provide self-tapping when the anchoring member is screwed into a bored hole in the bone tissue and the total volume of said at least one cavity being adapted to contain scraped-off bone tissue material wherein said cutting edge is provided with a clearance surface defined on the outer surface of the anchoring member, which when seen in a cross-section through a cutting part of the anchoring member, is slightly bevelled a short distance behind said threaded cutting edge.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
Anchoring member according to claim 1 wherein the clearance surface is a planar surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
Anchoring member according to claim 1 wherein said tip is a conical tip having a cone angle of 15°-40°, and wherein said at least one cavity as well as said clearance surface extend down into said conical tip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
Anchoring member according to claim 3 wherein an upper threaded portion of the member forms a non-cutting portion and the thread diameter of the non-cutting portion of the member is less than the thread diameter of the cutting portion of the member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
Anchoring member according to claim 1 wherein three cutting edges and three clearance surfaces are symmetrically distributed about the periphery of the outer cylindrical surface of the anchoring member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
150 words
A screw-shaped titanium anchoring member for permanent anchorage in bone tissue, comprising: a plurality of cavities located at the forward tip of the member, the edge of each cavity on an outer threaded cylindrical surface of the anchoring member forming a cutting tooth with a cutting edge to provide self-tapping when the anchoring member is screwed into a bored hole in the bone tissue, the total volume of tissue material, wherein the anchoring member on the outer threaded cylindrical surface, a short distance behind each said cutting edge of each said cutting tooth is provided with a clearance surface which, when seen in a cross-section through a cutting part of the anchoring member, is slightly bevelled a short distance behind its respective threaded cutting edge and whereby a distance from the center to the periphery of the anchoring member is larger at each cutting edge than at each clearance surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
150 words
A screw-shaped titanium anchoring member for permanent anchorage in bone tissue, comprising: a plurality of cavities located at the forward tip of the member, the edge of each cavity on an outer threaded cylindrical surface of the anchoring member forming a cutting tooth with a cutting edge to provide self-tapping when the anchoring member is screwed into a bored hole in the bone tissue, the total volume of tissue material, wherein the anchoring member on the outer threaded cylindrical surface, a short distance behind each said cutting edge of each said cutting tooth is provided with a clearance surface which, when seen in a cross-section through a cutting part of the anchoring member, is slightly bevelled a short distance behind its respective threaded cutting edge and whereby a distance from the center to the periphery of the anchoring member is larger at each cutting edge than at each clearance surface.