METHOD AND CELL UNIT FOR MANUFACTURING RESECTIVE REMOVABLE MAXILLARY PROSTHESIS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: method involves producing model from the mold directly in the cell in horizontally arranging the mold. After modeling wax pattern, stamp is manufactured from gypsum obturator model being smaller by wax pattern thickness. Plastic is packed simultaneously in horizontal and vertical directions. The cell unit has base, base bottom, upper part and cover. The cell has grooves and protrusions for fixing detachable parts. Slide gate unit having screw with external handle on one side and disk on the other side is available. Hole is available in the lateral part o the cell for placing the disk. Two guiding members for moving the slide gate unit in vertical plane and unit for restricting slide gate unit movement are on the lateral cell side. EFFECT: uniform pressure distribution over all points of the obturator. 2 cl, 7 dwg