Housing-Interface Assembly To Be Implanted In A Bone Wall For Enabling An Interaction Between A Human Activity And A Machine

Abstract

An extraoral bone-anchored implant device includes an anchoring component ( 1 ) with a outer lateral wall designed to cooperate with a bone structure ( 2 ) provided with an opening in which the implant device is to be implanted, said outer lateral wall having a surface designed to ensure permanent anchoring of said implant device in the bone structure ( 2 ) by osseointegration, said anchoring component ( 1 ) further comprising an opening, said opening forming a cavity with a volume adapted to receive a housing device ( 3 ).

1 . A surgical method for positioning an extraoral bone-anchored implant device in a receiving bone site of a patient, said patient being a human being or an animal, comprising the following successive steps:
 step of preparing the receiving bone site, during which:
 the cutanous plane facing the receiving bone site is incised, then 
 the periosteum of the receiving bone site is first detached and then reclined to clear the bone structure, then 
 the bone structure is cut in order to create an opening in which the implant device will be positioned; 
   step of impacting the implant in the opening formed in the receiving bone site;   step of leveling the implant and the surrounding bone structure and making them continuous, during which:
 the external table of the bone structure is rubbed at its part surrounding the implant, then 
 bone fragments are positioned on the rubbed parts of the external table of the bone structure, then 
 said bone fragments are covered with a membrane to hold the bone fragments in position, said membrane being attached to the bone structure on one side and to the implant on the other side, so as to prevent bone proliferation on said implant. 
   
     
     
         2 . The surgical method of  claim 1 , wherein, during the step of preparing the receiving bone site, a collecting filter positioned on a suction device is used for collecting the bone fragments resulting from cutting of the bone structure, in order to use said bone fragments during the step of leveling. 
     
     
         3 . The surgical method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of preparing the receiving bone site is done under continuous irrigation to limit heating of the receiving bone site. 
     
     
         4 . The surgical method of  claim 1 , wherein, after the opening is formed in the bone structure, the edges of the opening are shaped with a rotary instrument for forming an opening with a truncated cone shape. 
     
     
         5 . The surgical method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of impacting the implant comprises first the insertion of the implant device, then progressive impaction of said device in the opening by tapping the implant to force it into the opening. 
     
     
         6 . The surgical method of  claim 5 , wherein the implant is impacted by using a tool provided with at least a drift-punch element inserted into a groove provided on the upper surface of the implant, and then tapping on the tool to force the implant into the opening. 
     
     
         7 . The surgical method of  claim 1 , further comprising a step of bone integration consisting of covering the membrane and the flush portion of the implant by the periosteum and then by the skin flap of the patient, after a hematoma drain has been positioned. 
     
     
         8 . The surgical method of  claim 1 , comprising a second surgical phase of 3 to 4 months after the first phase for impacting the bone-anchored extraoral implant, said second surgical phase comprising a step of positioning a housing device in an opening provided in the implant device, in replacing a temporary closing device that was positioned in said opening during the first surgical phase. 
     
     
         9 . The surgical method of  claim 8 , wherein at least one interface device is positioned in the housing device, said interface device being then connected to one or more elements situated inside the organism of the patient. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the interface device is further connected with devices for transmission with the outside of the organism of the patient, said transmission devices being positioned in the organism of the patient subcutaneously or percutaneously.