Patent · US Expired

Plug connection

US5098295A · kind A · utility

20Cited by

6References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Axel Kirsch · DE
Eberle Medizintechnische Elemente GmbH · DE

Inventors

Walter Durr · Remchingen, DE
Axel Kirsch · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 1990
Grant date	Mar 24, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C13/2656
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A plug connection for the detachable fitting of a prosthesis structure such as a tooth on a tooth peg or post characterized by a plug part provided on the post having a cylindrical base with a tip having a portion of a larger diameter than the base and having a circumferential conical surface extending to a tip, a socket part having a cavity for receiving the plug part and containing a clamping ring for engaging the shoulder formed at the portion and base and supporting a bearing ring in the cavity of an elastic plastic material for relieving impact stresses occurring substantially in a direction of a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the post.

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