Integrated Bone Foundation and Implant Guide for Remote Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current dental implant surgeries face challenges with the separation of bone foundation guides and dental implant surgical guides, leading to increased costs, time, and potential inaccuracies, especially when anchoring implants remotely, due to the need for juggling multiple tasks and insufficient bone structure in areas like the posterior maxilla, which can result in drill bit drift and complications.
Innovation Solution
A bone foundation guide system that combines with a dental implant surgical guide to form a tandem alignment of multiple guiding cylinders, creating a precise placement channel for drilling through the bone and skull to accurately anchor dental implants remotely, reducing the risk of misalignment and complications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate bone foundation guide and dental implant surgical guide are used, then each guide can perform its specific function, but the surgical time increases and the complexity of the procedure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the bone foundation guide and dental implant surgical guide into a single integrated guide structure. The bone foundation guide includes a guide body with a guiding cylinder, while the dental implant surgical guide includes a guide portion that fits onto the bone foundation guide, forming a unified structure with multiple guiding cylinders that work together to provide continuous guidance from the bone surface to the implant site.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated guide structure serves multiple functions: the bone foundation guide portion provides guidance for bone preparation and leveling, while the dental implant surgical guide portion provides guidance for implant placement. The combined structure eliminates the need for separate guides and sequential procedures, allowing both functions to be performed in a single surgical step.
2Measurement precision
If multiple separate guides are used, then comprehensive guidance can be provided, but the device complexity increases and handling becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple guiding functions into a single integrated guide structure that includes both the bone foundation guide and dental implant surgical guide components. This unified structure reduces the number of separate devices the surgeon must handle while maintaining comprehensive guidance capabilities throughout the surgical procedure.
Solution Approach 2:
The dental implant surgical guide portion is designed to fit onto and nest with the bone foundation guide portion. The guide portion includes a guide body that receives and secures the bone foundation guide, creating a nested configuration where smaller components are housed within larger ones, reducing overall complexity while maintaining functional integrity.
3Reliability
If traditional separate guide procedure is used, then standard protocol is followed, but drill bit drift can occur and placement accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated guide structure establishes the complete placement pathway before the drilling operation begins. The multiple guiding cylinders are pre-aligned to form a continuous placement channel that extends from the bone surface through the entire drilling and implant placement path, preventing drill bit drift by maintaining constant geometric constraints throughout the procedure.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated guide structure acts as an intermediary between the surgeon and the implant placement process. The guiding cylinders within the guide structure provide continuous geometric constraints that mediate the drilling and implant placement operations, ensuring that the drill bit and implant follow the predetermined accurate pathway without drift.
4Adaptability or versatility
If remote anchoring is attempted with insufficient bone structure, then implant placement can be achieved, but the risk of complications increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated guide structure allows for preliminary planning and establishment of the complete implant pathway before the surgical procedure begins. The guide incorporates pre-determined trajectories that account for remote anchoring requirements and insufficient bone structure, allowing the surgeon to follow a pre-calculated safe path that avoids complications while achieving the desired anchoring location.
Data Source
AI summary
A bone foundation guide system having a bone foundation guide with a foundation guide body forming an open surgical space connecting a top of the bone foundation guide body with a bottom of the bone foundation guide body, the bottom contoured to removably affix the bone foundation guide body to the bone of a dental implant surgical site, the body further contoured to guide the cutting of bone from a dental implant surgical site and supporting a dental implant surgical guide; the dental implant surgical guide contoured to removably mate to the bone foundation guide body; wherein a combination of the bone foundation guide and the dental implant surgical guide forms a double open-ended placement channel that passes through a plurality of guiding cylinders held in tandem alignment to aid in the placement of a dental implant that is anchored in a site remote from the mouth.