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Instrumentation Overview
(continued)
MASTER TUBES
Master Tubes guide instruments through the surgical guide.
These provide a predetermined depth stop for the Twist Drills
and Implant Mounts and ensure identical hex orientation and
positioning between the lab analog and final implant placement.
The Master Tubes are positioned in the surgical guide by the
surgical guide manufacturer.
The “slot” feature on the Master Tubes is used for alignment
with the Analog Mounts for analog placement when fabricating
the master cast and for alignment with the Implant Mounts and
implants during surgery.
LABORATORY KIT COMPONENTS
IMPLANT ANALOG MOUNTS
The Parallel Walled Navigator
®
Laboratory Kit is comprised
of Implant Analog Mounts used through the Master Tubes in
the surgical guide to position implant analogs into a cast. The
laboratory kit, like the surgical kit, contains twelve unique mounts
with the Certain
®
Connection and these mounts are available in
three diameters (3.4, 4.1 and 5mm) and four lengths identified
as (1), (2), (3), and (4). Because a specific Analog Mount may be
required multiple times, four complete sets of Analog Mounts are
available in the kit for a total of 48 Analog Mounts. The Analog
Mounts feature a mechanical-locking system to hold the implant
analog in place (vertically, laterally and rotationally) within the
Master Tube. A peg on the side of the Analog Mounts is aligned
with one of the slots on the Master Tube to ensure accurate
transfer of the hex orientation from the pre-operative master cast
to the mouth.
SURGICAL KIT COMPONENTS
IMPLANT MOUNTS
Implant Mounts are used through the Master Tubes in the surgical
guide to place implants. The Implant Mounts have the Certain
Connection and are available in three diameters (3.4, 4.1 and
5mm) and four lengths identified as (1), (2), (3), and (4) for a
total of twelve unique Implant Mounts. Because a specific Implant
Mount may be required multiple times, five complete sets of
Implant Mounts are available in the kit for a total of 60 Implant
Mounts. Implant Mounts are depth specific with a flange for a
depth stop. A “spline” feature on the flange can be used as a visual
reference during implant placement to orient the hex connection
of the implant. The cutouts on the flange are aligned with the
slots on the Master Tube to ensure accurate transfer of the hex
orientation from the pre-operative master cast to the mouth.