TWISTING INSTRUMENT
20230240815 · 2023-08-03
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B25B15/005
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B25B13/481
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
A61C8/00
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
A twisting instrument for a screw-in component with a tool recess comprises a drive shaft, a neck, and a working part. The working part has—as a spherical head having a plurality of teeth—a spherical enveloping surface that is contacted at least both by the free end and by sections of the tooth heads of the teeth of the working part. The neck or the drive shaft has a predetermined breaking zone. The working part engages in the tool recess of the screw-in part in an overload-proof and reliable manner.
Claims
1-11. (canceled)
12. A twisting instrument for a screw-in component (90) having a tool recess (92), comprising: a drive shaft (10); a neck (20); and a working part (60), wherein the working part (60) is a spherical head (61) having a plurality of teeth (63), wherein a spherical enveloping surface (62) of the working part (60) is contacted by a free end (76) and by sections of tooth heads (64) of the teeth of the working part (60), and wherein the neck (20) or the drive shaft (10) has a predetermined breaking zone (40).
13. The twisting instrument according to claim 12, wherein the drive shaft (10) is of type 1 according to DIN EN ISO 1797, wherein the drive shaft (10) includes a drive flattening (15) and a groove (17) at a further free end.
14. The twisting instrument according to claim 12, wherein the neck (20) comprises a neck transition zone (21), a neck cylinder zone (31, 36), and a neck cone zone (35).
15. The twisting instrument according to claim 14, wherein the neck transition zone (21) comprises a first (23) transition zone region, a second transition zone region (24), and a third transition zone region (25), wherein the first transition zone region (23) is a tapering straight cone with a taper angle of 90 angular degrees adjoining the drive shaft (10), wherein the second transition zone region (24) is a tapering straight cone having a taper angle of 45 angular degrees adjoining the first transition zone region (23), and wherein the third transition zone region (25) is a tapered straight cone having a taper angle of 22.5 angular degrees adjoining the second transition zone region (24).
16. The twisting instrument according to claim 12, wherein a neck cylinder zone (31) adjoining the drive shaft (10) has a length corresponding to at least 6.6 times a diameter of the neck cylinder zone (31) and wherein a neck section located between the neck cylinder zone (31) and the working part (60) has a length that is at least 5.5 times a smallest diameter of the neck section.
17. The twisting instrument according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined breaking zone (40) is arranged in a rear region of the neck cylinder zone (31) adjoining the neck transition zone (21).
18. The twisting instrument according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined breaking zone (40) has four flattenings (41) distributed equidistantly around a circumference of the neck cylinder zone (31) adjoining the neck transition zone (21).
19. The twisting instrument according to claim 18, wherein adjacent one of the flattenings (41) of the predetermined breaking zone (40) do not contact each other.
20. The twisting instrument according to claim 12, wherein the spherical head (61) is an external hexagonal spherical head.
21. A system, comprising the twisting instrument according to claim 12; and a screw-in component with a tool recess, wherein the tool recess (92) has in a region of an opening (93) a 30° chamfer (94), a width of which is smaller than half of a depth (98) of a useful region of the tool recess (92).
22. The system as in claim 21, wherein the tool recess (92) has a base that is in the shape of a straight cone, whose taper angle measures 116-120 angular degrees and whose tip is further from the opening (93) than the base cone line.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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[0039] The one-piece twisting instrument (1) is made, for example, of a cobalt-based austenitic alloy with the material designation COCr20Ni15Mo7. This biocompatible non-magnetic material has a high yield strength and is resistant to corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement. It is resistant to aging and has great fatigue strength.
[0040] The twisting instrument (1) is hardened at 530° C. for, for example, three hours in argon or high vacuum and polished afterwards. Depending on the length of the hardening process, the material-related shear modulus is between 75 and 82 GPa.
[0041] An alternative material is the high-speed steel HS2-9-1-8. Its main alloying elements are on average, in addition to 1% carbon, 2% tungsten, 9% molybdenum, 1% vanadium and 8% cobalt.
[0042] The drive shaft (10) of the twisting instrument (1) is a tool section designed for a rotating or oscillating movement. It has a straight cylindrical shaft section (11), which has a flattening (41) and a groove (17) at its free end. The diameter of the shaft section measures 2.35 mm. In the exemplary embodiment, it has a length of 12.5 mm. A handpiece (80) in the form of an interchangeable handle is placed on the shaft section (11) for use of the twisting instrument (1), see
[0043] Of course, a ratchet mechanism can also be integrated in the handpiece (80). This mechanism makes it possible, for example in a limited working space, to initiate a rotary movement in a specific direction of rotation in the screw-in component (90) by repeated, sector-by-sector swiveling movements of the handpiece (80). In addition, the ratchet mechanism can be combined with a torque limiter.
[0044] The shaft section (11) is followed by an instrument neck, for example one that is 16.4 mm long, which is referred to as neck (20) in the following. The neck (20) consists of a neck transition zone (21), a main neck cylinder zone (31), a neck cone zone (35), and a secondary neck cylinder zone (36). In the neck transition zone (21), the shaft section (11) is tapered towards the main neck cylinder zone (31). A diameter reduction from, for example, 2.35 mm to, for example, 1.3 mm takes place. To keep the notch stress caused by the diameter step as small as possible, the neck transition zone (21) is designed using Mattheck's tension triangle method, see
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[0046] The length of the individual transition zone region (23-25) arises from the design by means of the three dashed tension triangles (26-28)—shaded differently in the sectional view according to
[0047] The cylindrical main neck cylinder zone (31) has a length of, for example, 10.15 mm.
[0048] A predetermined breaking zone (40) is located in the rear region of the main neck cylinder zone (31). The center of the predetermined breaking zone (40) is, for example, 2.25 mm in front of the shaft section (11). The predetermined breaking zone (40) has, for example, three to six flattenings (41) distributed equidistantly around the circumference of the main neck cylinder zone (31). According to
[0049] The rectangular edges lying transverse to the center line (3) are each adjoined—in the longitudinal direction of the twisting instrument (1)—by flattening outlets (42), the concavely curved surfaces of which are here partial surfaces of a cylinder, the individual diameter of which measures, for example, 1 mm in each case.
[0050] The cross-section of the predetermined breaking zone (40) is at least 18% smaller than the regular cross-section of the main neck cylinder zone (31).
[0051] The neck cone zone (35) adjoining the main neck cylinder zone (31) at the front reduces its diameter towards the working part (60) to, for example, 1.1 mm. The neck cone zone (35) encloses a taper angle of 2.86 angular degrees starting from the main neck cylinder zone (31). The neck cone zone (35) has a length of, for example, 4 mm. It is followed by a secondary neck cylinder zone (36), for example 1 mm long, which extends to the working part (60).
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[0055] The predetermined breaking zone of
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[0058] Each predetermined breaking zone of
[0059] The predetermined breaking zone of
[0060] If the predetermined breaking zone breaks, the protective sleeve (59) remains attached to the front part of the twisting instrument (1) in this manner, such that there is no risk of injury to the patient if the handpiece (80) slips out.
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[0062] The working part (60) is an external hexagonal spherical head (61). The latter is suitable for torque-transmitting engagement in a tool recess (92) of a screw-in component (90) with a hexagon socket according to DIN EN ISO 10664. The external hexagonal spherical head (61) has six teeth (63) on the circumference, between which there are six tooth gaps (66), see also
[0063] As a semi-finished working part, the working part (60) consists of a ball formed on the front end of the neck (20) or the secondary neck cylinder zone (36)—located on the center line (3), see
[0064] In a first operation, as shown in
[0065] In a further operation, the ball of the semi-finished working part is toothed with the aid of the forming tool (100), see
[0066] For this purpose, the forming tool (100) has a profile disk (102) formed on a tool shaft (101), see
[0067] To form the six teeth (63) and the corresponding tooth gaps (66), the forming tool (100) is guided along a base tooth gap contour (71) shown in
[0068] The center gap base region (73) is a circular arc covering an angle of 40 angular degrees and 26 angular minutes.
[0069] The circular arc has a radius of, for example, 0.515 mm. The center point of the center gap base region (73) corresponds to the center point of the spherical enveloping surface (62). The foremost point of the center gap base region (73) lies on a notional radius ray (75) that encloses an angle of 50 angular degrees with the center line (3).
[0070] In the foremost point of the center gap base region (73), the straight-line front gap base region (72) joins. The latter ends at the free end (76) of the working part (60). The straight-line gap base region (72) encloses an angle of 40 angular degrees with the center line (3).
[0071] The rear gap base region (74) starts at the rear end of the center gap base region (73). It has a radius of, for example, 2.175 mm. The rear gap base region (74) runs out in the rear grip (67) of the working part (60).
[0072] After each traverse of the base tooth gap contour (71), the semi-finished working part is swiveled 60 degrees for the next forming process. In this manner, a toothing arises as shown in
[0073] All dimensions refer to a hexagon socket for screws according to DIN EN ISO 10884, type no. 5.
[0074] The screw-in component (90) is a screw, threaded bolt or the like, depending on the abutment type. The head of the screw or at least one of the ends of the threaded bolt has a tool recess (92), which is a hexagon socket according to DIN EN ISO 10884, see
[0075] The tool recess (92) has a base (95) that is in the shape of a straight cone, whose taper angle measures, for example, 118 angular degrees and whose tip (76) is further from the opening (93) of the tool recess (92) than the base cone line. The twisting instrument (1) is supported on this base (95) upon each screwing-in or unscrewing process of the screw-in component (90), in order to ensure that the working part (60) rests securely in the tool recess (92).
[0076] Alternatively, a base (96) can be provided in the tool recess (92), the base surface of which is spherically curved; see dashed arc in
[0077] For screwing in the screw-in component (90)—into the implant body not shown in the figures—the twisting instrument (1) is inserted with its working part (60) into the tool recess (92) of the screw-in component (90). Thereby, on the one hand, the teeth (63) of the working part (60) engage in the tooth gaps of the tool recess (92) with minimal play. On the other hand, the tip (76) or the head star (77) of the working part (60) rests against the base (96) of the screw-in component (90), see
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[0079] The increasing gimbal error with increasing deflection angle (7) causes, at least theoretically, an offset and angular change of the center line (99) of the twisting instrument (1) between
[0080] Towards the end of the screwing-in process, the tightening torque increases abruptly. In order to make it possible for the user to haptically experience reaching the maximum tightening torque on the handpiece (80) of the twisting instrument (1), the neck (20) of the twisting instrument (1) twists by 10-12 angular degrees according to
LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS
[0081] 1 Twisting instrument, screwdriver instrument [0082] 3 Center line [0083] 7 Deflection angle, angle between (3) and (99) [0084] 10 Drive shaft [0085] 11 Shaft section, cylindrical [0086] 15 Drive flattening, first [0087] 16 End stop surface [0088] 17 Groove, slot [0089] 20 Neck, instrument neck [0090] 21 Neck transition zone [0091] 23 First transition zone region [0092] 24 Second transition zone region [0093] 25 Third transition zone region [0094] 26 First tension triangle, right-angled [0095] 27 Second tension triangle [0096] 28 Third tension triangle [0097] 29 Mattheck contour [0098] 31 Neck cylinder zone, main neck cylinder zone [0099] 35 Neck cone zone, neck section [0100] 36 Neck cylinder zone, secondary neck cylinder zone, neck section [0101] 40 Predetermined breaking zone [0102] 41 Flattening, four, flat [0103] 42 Flattening outlets [0104] 45 Drive flattening, second [0105] 46 End stop surface [0106] 51 Ring groove [0107] 52 Groove [0108] 53 Notch, 90° notch [0109] 54 Cylinder section [0110] 55 Notch cone, cone [0111] 56 Circulation groove [0112] 57 Mattheck double contour; groove, circumferential [0113] 58 Retaining recess [0114] 59 Protective sleeve [0115] 60 Working part [0116] 61 Spherical head, external hexagonal spherical head [0117] 62 Enveloping surface, spherical, ball [0118] 63 Teeth, external hexagonal teeth [0119] 64 Tooth heads [0120] 65 Flanks, tooth flanks [0121] 66 Tooth gaps [0122] 67 Rear grip [0123] 71 Base tooth gap contour [0124] 72 Front gap base region, straight-line [0125] 73 Center gap base region, arc-shaped [0126] 74 Rear gap base region, arc-shaped [0127] 75 Radius ray of (60), notional [0128] 76 Free end, tip [0129] 77 Head star [0130] 80 Handpiece, handle, actuating element [0131] 81 Mounting hole [0132] 90 Screw-in component, screw [0133] 91 Head, hexagon socket head [0134] 92 Tool recess, hexagon socket, Torx® [0135] 93 Opening [0136] 94 Chamfer, 30° chamfer [0137] 95 Base of (92), cone-jacket-shaped [0138] 96 Base, spherically curved [0139] 98 Depth, penetration depth of (92) [0140] 99 Center line of (90) [0141] 100 Forming tool [0142] 101 Tool shaft [0143] 102 Profile disk [0144] 105 Tooth gap profile, center [0145] 106 Gap circle, circle [0146] 107 Tooth head profile, edge side [0147] 108 Tooth head circles, circle