Driving Tool - Pending Dental Patent Applications

Driving Tool
United States Patent Application: 20050120838
Kind Code A1
Gottlieb, Steven D. ; et al.
Publication Date: June 9, 2005
Inventors: Gottlieb, Steven D.; (Warrenton, VA) ; Carroll, Ernest A.; (Clifton, VA)
Correspondence Name and Address: BANNER DEVELOPMENT, INC.
19 CHENANGO STREET, SUITE 904
BINGHAMTON
NY
13901
US
Serial No.: 034967
Series Code: 11
Filed: January 14, 2005
Abstract
A driving tool which slidingly penetrates and engages a rectangular socket formed in one end of a screw or the like. The screw is preferably a dental implant having a threaded and polygonal female socket. The tool has two opposed jaws dimensioned and configured to be received in close cooperation with the socket. The jaws are spaced apart by a gap and compress slightly as they penetrate the socket. The jaws frictionally and resiliently engage the socket, thus enabling the screw to be grasped, maneuvered, and rotatably threaded into place without requiring threaded engagement of tool and screw. The tool is slidably withdrawn after the screw is tightened.