Title:
ARTICULATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1992/014418
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An articulator to reproduce more exactly an actual positional relation between the upper and lower jaws of a patient and the center of opening/closing motion of said jaws at a place outside the patient's oral cavity, in which the distance between the model of upper jaw and a supporting shaft acting as a false joint and that between the lower jaw and said joint are variable. The articulator comprises: a setting frame (3) having a base plate (2) slidably fixed thereto; another setting frame (5) having a base plate (4) slidably fixed thereto; and a supporting member (7) for turnably connecting two setting frames (3 and 5) to each other. A position in which the models are fixed to the setting frames can be moved with respect to the supporting shaft acting as a false joint, whereby a prosthetic appliance having the center of opening/closing motion of the upper and lower jaws varied as desired can be fabricated.
Inventors:
KODA YUSAKU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1992/000176
Publication Date:
September 03, 1992
Filing Date:
February 19, 1992
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KODA YUSAKU (JP)
International Classes:
A61C11/08; A61C11/02; A61C11/06; (IPC1-7): A61C11/08
Foreign References:
| JPH0512788Y2 | 1993-04-02 | |||
| JPS5024794B1 | 1975-08-19 | |||
| JPS4846190A | 1973-07-02 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 0525209A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sumida, Yoshihiro (Boueki Building 123-1, Higashimachi, Chuo-k, Kobe-shi Hyogo 650, JP)
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