Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
233 words
A method of applying a chin implant to a human, the method comprising the steps of: (a) positioning a resilient preformed chin implant against the area of an chin to be enhanced, said implant having an interior radius of curvature slightly smaller than the opposing radius of curvature of the area of said chin to be enhanced and which is to receive said implant; (b) drilling a mounting pin bore through said implant and into the periostium of said area of the chin to be enhanced, said drilling being at an outward angulation in the range of 15 to 45 degrees relative to a front-to-rear vertical medial plane of the face and, concurrently, at a downward angulation in the range of 15 to 45 degrees relative to a front-to-rear horizontal plane of the face; (c) drilling through said implant and periostium a mounting pin bore having, about said front-to-rear vertical plane, a mirror symmetry to said drilled pin bore of Step (b) above; and (d) securely inserting, through said bores of Steps (b) and (c) above, respective mounting pins, said pins extending thru the periostium, into the outer boney table, whereby, due to said differences in the radii of curvature of said inner surfaces of said implant and said area of the chin to be enhanced, said two mounting pins will secure said implant at a substantially crescent shaped offset from the chin.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
233 words
A method of applying a chin implant to a human, the method comprising the steps of: (a) positioning a resilient preformed chin implant against the area of an chin to be enhanced, said implant having an interior radius of curvature slightly smaller than the opposing radius of curvature of the area of said chin to be enhanced and which is to receive said implant; (b) drilling a mounting pin bore through said implant and into the periostium of said area of the chin to be enhanced, said drilling being at an outward angulation in the range of 15 to 45 degrees relative to a front-to-rear vertical medial plane of the face and, concurrently, at a downward angulation in the range of 15 to 45 degrees relative to a front-to-rear horizontal plane of the face; (c) drilling through said implant and periostium a mounting pin bore having, about said front-to-rear vertical plane, a mirror symmetry to said drilled pin bore of Step (b) above; and (d) securely inserting, through said bores of Steps (b) and (c) above, respective mounting pins, said pins extending thru the periostium, into the outer boney table, whereby, due to said differences in the radii of curvature of said inner surfaces of said implant and said area of the chin to be enhanced, said two mounting pins will secure said implant at a substantially crescent shaped offset from the chin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method as recited in claim 1 in which said drilling Steps (b) and (c) above comprise the steps of originating each bore between two and six millimeters apart from each other in symmetry about said vertical medial plane of the face.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as recited in claim 1 in which said drilling Steps (b) and (c) above comprise penetrating the periostium and bone to a depth of between two and five millimeters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as recited in claim 2 in which said drilling Steps (b) and (c) above comprise the penetrating of the periostium and bone to a depth of between two and five millimeters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as recited in claim 1 in which said drilling Step (b) comprises drilling at respective outward and downward angulations of about 30 degrees.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method as recited in claim 5 in which said drilling Steps (b) and (c) above comprise the steps of originating each bore between two and six millimeters apart from each other in symmetry about said vertical medial plane of the face.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as recited in claim 6 in which said drilling Steps (b) and (c) above comprise penetrating the periostium and bone to a depth of between two and five millimeters.