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- J. BR 0 DEVICE FOR SEC R NG AN ARTIFICIAL TOOTH TO THE Sheet of 3 I BONE STRUCTURE OF A HUMAN JAW Filed Feb. 13, 1967 v INVENTORI LEO J. BRANCATO BY M2 11' flaw ATTORNEY DEVICE FOR SECURING AN ARTIFICIAL TOOTH TO THE BONE STRUCTURE OF A HUMAN JAW Filed Feb. 13, 1957 Sheet 2 of 3 April 1969 L. J. BRANCATO 3,435,526
INVENTOR. LEO J. BRANCATO ATTORNEY DEVICE FOR SECURING AN ARTIFICIAL TOOTH TO THE BONE STRUCTURE OF A HUMAN JAW p l 1969 L. J. BRANCATO 3,435,526
Filed Feb. 15, 1967 Sheet 3 of 3 United States Patent O 3,435,526 DEVICE FOR SECURING AN ARTIFICIAL TOOTH TO THE BONE STRUCTURE OF A HUMAN JAW Leo J. Brancato, Danbury, Conn., assignor to Heli- Coil Corporation, Danbury, Conn., a corporation of Delaware Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 497,222, Oct. 18, 1965. This application Feb. 13, 1967, Ser. No. 623,171
Int. Cl. A61c 13/22 US. CI. 32-10 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Devices for anchoring one or more artificial teeth to the bone of a human jaw each of which includes a stud and a wire coil implant threadably mountable into a blind hole cut into the bone and in turn threadably receives interiorly thereof an externally-threaded portion of the stud. Each stud has a noncircular stud-screwing shank to project outwardly from the teethridge for support thereon of an artificial tooth or intervening anchoring means for a plurality of the latter. The wire coil implant and stud screwed into it have interiorly thereof spaces into whic bone growth may develop.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-impart of United States application Ser. No. 497,222, of the same title, filed by the same applicant on Oct. 18, 1965 and now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to the art of artificial teeth and more in particular to a tooth implant.
An individual tooth implant has already been proposed according to which an exteriorly serrated and interiorly tapped trusto-conical base is implanted in a correspondingly shaped bore provided in a human jaw. A stud screwed into the base carries the artificial tooth. A plurality of pins radially extending from they base enter into the bone structure and are intended to prevent rotation and/or longitudinal movement of the base. Such conven tional device, however, has the disadvantage that the pins, which of necessity must be very thin, are hardly apt to prevent a movement of the base if the stud fittingly engaging the tapped thread is being screwed in so that a considerable friction is set up. A tight fit, however, between the stud and base threads is required in order to ensure a proper installation of the artificial tooth.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The device of the present invention comprises a substantially cylindrical wire coil implant of resilient wire having a cross section that will provide the coil with an interior screw thread and an exterior screw thread, such as of diamond-shape in cross section, and a stud having an exteriorly threaded portion screwed into the interior thread of the coil implant and a shank of noncircular cross section to be engaged by a torque-applying tool for screwing the stud into and out of the wire coil implant and for anchoring one or more artificial teeth thereto.
The composite implant is achieved in two stages.
In one form the first stage may comprise three steps, namely, first, cutting or drilling a blind hole into the teethridge of the jaw to a preestablished diameter and depth, secondly, tapping the hole to a diameter slightly less than the free outside diameter of the implant coil, and thirdly, screwing the implant coil, while slightly contract- Patented Apr. 1, 1969 ing it, into the tapped hole in the jaw. Preferably tools provided for their special purposes will be used for the three steps. The implanted coil is then ready to receive the stud, as the coil springingly and securely seats in the thread convolutions of the tapped hole in the jaw. Where tissue and bone into which the implant is to be made are of such nature as to permit practice of a simpler procedure the profile of the implant coil or a portion thereof may be such as to allow the coil to be seated in a threadably engaging manner directly into an appropriately sized blind hole drilled into the bone of the teethridge, as another form of the first stage.
The second stage includes screwing an externallythreaded portion of the stud into the implanted wire coil, using a wrench to apply torque to a noncircular shank extending outwardly from the threaded portion of the stud. The stud may be firmly seated. As the stud shank usually projects excessively it can be trimmed in harmony with the height of adjacent teeth and normal mouth formation. An important feature of the present invention is the ability to remove the stud at this stage as many times as is necessary for alteration without disturbing the jawbone since the implanted coil serves as a protective liner.
It is thus an object of the present invention to provide means for anchoring securely an artificial tooth to the bone structure of a human jaw which means avoids the disadvantages of the earlier conventional structure.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of means to ensure an intimate engagement of a stud with an implanted interiorly and exteriorly screw threaded insert of wire coil form which will remain solidly implanted in the bone of the jaw.
A further object is to provide the wire coil implant and threadably received stud in forms which provide spaces therein into which bone growth is encouraged for ultimate solid anchorage of the composite implant while avoiding development of infection.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear from reference to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyin drawings, wherein like numerals identify similar parts throughout, and in which:
FIGS. 1 and 2 are side elevation and leading end views, respectively, of one embodiment of an implant coil according to the invention;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view of a modified implant coil;
FIGS. 4 and 5 are a side elevation and end view, respectively, of a stud, partly in section, which may be threadably anchored into the implant coils of FIGS. 1 t0 3 inclusive;
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a completed implant, a section of the teethridge of a jawbone and an artificial tooth being indicated in broken lines in addition to the parts of FIGS. 1 and 4;
FIGS. 7 and 8 are side elevations of a drill and a tap, respectively, as may be used in the installation of certain forms of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a side elevation of a tool which may be used for installing the implant coils of FIGS. 1 to 3 inclusive;
FIG. 10 is a pictorial representation of one form of a portion of a dental bridge using a plurality of the present devices, parts being broken away and a section of the teethridge of a jawbone and a plurality of artificial teeth being indicated in broken lines;
FIG. 11 is a section along line 1111 of FIG. 10; FIG. 12 is an exploded view similar to FIG. 6 showing a modified form of anchorage for one or more artificial teeth, such as maybe used to provide a modified form of the dental bridge depicted in FIGS. 10 and 11;
FIG. 13 is an exploded view of a portion of the shank of the stud and the nut threadably mountable thereon, shown in FIG. 12;
FIG. 14 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 11, showing the assembly of the parts depicted in FIG. 12;
FIG. is an enlarged side elevational view of a modified form of the stud shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, with a tip portion of the shank broken away and parts of the sides of the externally-threaded portion thereof broken away and sectioned; and
FIG. 16 is a plan view of the bottom or leading end of the stud of FIG. 15.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS It will be understood that the scale of the figures of the drawings is greatly exaggerated for the sake of better clearness as, e.g., the diameter of the coil of FIG. 1 will actually be not larger than about one-fifth of an inch.
Referring now to the drawings, the wire coil implant of FIGS. 1 and 2 is of a material acknowledged as suitable for implantation in human tissue, e.g., a stainless steel, preferably tempered for relatively high resiliency. The coil 10 preferabl is helically wound of a resilient wire that is diamond-shaped in cross section, as is visible at 11, so as to form the required interior and exterior screw threads 12 and 13. However, the wire of coil 10 may be of other cross-sectional shapes so long as it will provide in the coil the requisite external and internal screw threads. The successive convolutions of wire coil 10 preferably are spaced by gaps 14 which when the coil has been implanted into a correspondingly drilled and tapped hole of the jaw, allow regrowth of bone through the intervening spaces, thereby knitting or interlocking together the coil 10 and the stud of FIG. 4. The end turn of the coil 10 which leads upon insertion is provided with a diametral tang 15, as is best seen in FIG. 2, which serves the dual purpose of a grip or driving element for engagement by an inserting tool introduced through the interior of the coil, and of an anchor if after the implant bone growth surrounds the tang as is intended.
A modified form of the wire coil implant is shown at 10 in FIG. 3 wherein the coil is shown as having several chordal portions 111 in one or more of its convolutions. The corners 112 of the portions 111 tend to bite into the bone structure thereby still more firmly anchoring the implant coil in the jaw, and the chordal portions proper will hold a stud screwed into the coil with increased friction. The corners 112 may also serve to cut threads into the bone defining the sidewalls of the blind hole drilled in the jawbone teethridge as the coil 10 is rotatably advanced into this hole.
In order properly to implant either of the coils 10 and 10 it is recommended to drill the blind hole in the teethridge of the jawbone in two steps, using first a conventional dental burr and then a special drill 16 of the type illustrated in FIG. 7, the diameter of the burr being smaller than that of the drill. This drill is essentially a two-flute conventional drill having modifications of its shank 17 so as to make its shank end 18 fit into chucks of high speed dental drills. The length of the major diameter portion or bit 19 of the drill 16 has been selected to conform with the necessary depth of penetration of the blind hole so that it serves as an indicator to the dentist.
A tap 20 which may be applied to the drilled blind hole is shown in FIG. 8. This tap 20 conforms to conventional tap design with the exception of its polygonal, e.g., octagonal, shank end 21 which allows rotation -by a miniature ratchet wrench (not shown). The length of the threaded tap portion 22 of tap 20 also provides a depth indication to the dentist.
In order to install the implant coil, such as 10 or 10', into the tapped hole an inserting tool 23, like that shown in FIG. 9, may be used. This tool is threaded at 24 to receive thereon the coil, such as that shown at 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2. A slot 25 is provided in the front end to grip the tang 15 of the coil. This slot may have inclined sidewalls 25 to permit the tang to leave the slot upon a reverse rotation of the tool which upon a forward rotation will screw the coil into the tapped blind hole for which purpose the tool end 26 is of polygonal cross section, which may be octagonal similar to the end 21 of the tap 20 of FIG. 8. The threadably seated wire coil implant serves as an internally-threaded socket for threadable anchorage therein of an externally-threaded stud.
The stud 27 shown in FIG. 4 has an exteriorly screwthreaded portion 28 which fits the interior or internal thread of the implant coil 10 when the latter is installed as a socket-defining structure in the blind hole cut or drilled in the teethridge of the jawbone. The shank portion 29 thereof is of an excessive length to be trimmed in each instance to the required length. The cross section of the shank is noncircular, in fact, square, but it may as well be of any polygonal cross section, such as octagonal as is the end 21 of the tool of FIG. 8 and the end 26 of that of FIG. 9, so as to fit the same chuck of the aforementioned wrench. It will be noted that the threaded portion 28 is provided with a longitudinally-extending hole or axial blind bore 30 extending from its leading end appreciably toward the juncture with the shank 29, preferably being of certain depth, and a transverse hole that may be in the form of a rectangular slot 31, which may extend diametrically through portion 28 substantially at the inner end or bottom of the bore 30. These openings or holes provide appreciable spaces and entrances and exits leading to and from the latter in the externally-threaded portion 28 of the stud 27 which have been found necessary for the initial acceptance of the implant by the jaw, allowing proper healing without fever or infection. They also provide for subsequent interlocking of new bone growth thereby for reliably securing the composite implant.
The exploded view of FIG. 6 will be self-understood in view of the foregoing. It shows a portion (J) of the teethridge of a human jawbone, the implant coil 10, stud 27 and an artificial tooth (T) having its base provided with a recess 32 into which the properly trimmed shank 29 of the stud can be cemented. The recess 32 may be in the form of a socket of a cross sectional shape similar to that of stud shank 29.
If it is desired to provide an entire dental bridge or at least a major portion of such bridge with the aid of implants according to the invention, it is not necessary to apply an implant for each individual tooth. In most instances a small number of about six implants distributed over the extension of the teethridge of the jawbone will be sufiicient for a complete bridge. In such an event, the free ends of the implant studs are to be connected by a common bar which then will serve as a carrier of the artilficial teeth. For this purpose one may proceed in a manner which is illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. 10 shows at (J) approximately half of a lower jaw, partly in section, and a set of artificial teeth (T) secured to this jawbone section with the aid of a plurality of the FIG. 6 implants and a bar, and FIG. 11 is a section through one of the artificial teeth, a composite implant and the bar. First, wire coil implants of the type just described, such as coil 10, and in the required number, in the present case three for a half section of a jawbone, will be installed in the teethridge of the jaw (J) in the described manner, and then studs 27 with the stud shanks 29 trimmed to the desired length are screwed thereinto. The shanks are, then, provided with metal caps 33 which may be slip-fitted or secured thereon in any suitable manner. A mold (not shown) of the jaw is taken in which the caps are embedded. The mold with the caps therein will be removed from the patients mouth and a metal bar 34 of any suitable crosssection and bent according to the shape of the jawbone will be soldered or otherwise secured to the caps whereupon the bar with the caps will be removed from the mold. The
metal of the caps 33 and bar 34 will be of a type compatible with human tissue and well-known in the art. The caps with the bar thereon will then be cemented on the corresponding ends of the studs. Finally, the several artificial teeth, each of which is cross slotted at 35, so that they receive the bar in these slots, are cemented to the bar, the cement 36 filling any open space of the slots so that there do not remain any cavities. This sequence of steps is preferred although it is also possible to cement the artificial teeth to the bar after the caps have been soldered thereto but before they are cemented to the studs.
In the modified form shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 inclusive the internally threaded blind hole 37 in the teethridge of the jawbone (J) is to receive threadably a wire coil implant of the type described above, such as that indicated at in FIGS. 1 and 2, the leading end turn 38- of this wire coil preferably being provided with the transverse tang 15. The stud 127 has an externally-threaded portion 128, similar to that illustrated at 28 in FIG. 4, and thus is provided with a longitudinally-extending blind hole or axial bore with which are communicated a plurality of transverse slots 31. The externally-threaded portion 128 of the stud 127 carries, preferably coaxially thereof, a shank .129. The shank 129 may be polygonal in cross section for engagement thereof by a torque-applying tool, such as a wrench, and for this purpose its cross section may be substantially square. This shank 129 is externally threaded and, due to the polygonal cross section thereof, the threads are circumferentially interrupted with the torque-applying tool engaging areas or flat faces intervening full depth thread sections. The externally threaded portion 128 of the stud 127 and its externally-threaded, noncircular shank .129 may be intervened by a medial cylindrical or unthreaded portion '39. At least one internally-threaded element, such as a hexagonal nut 40, which may be made of human body-compatible plastic material, e.g., nylon, is provided for threadable mounting upon the externally-threaded shank 129.
When such an implant assembly is to be employed for anchorage of a full or partial denture, such as that illustrated in FIG. 10, a tooth-supporting bar of the type there illustrated may be provided to be mounted upon the shanks 129 of the plurality of studs 127. For this purpose, such bar, a section of which is shown at 134 in FIG. 12, may be provided with a plurality of holes 42 each of which is slidalbly to receive therethrough one of the stud shanks 129. The bar 142 is mounted upon such stud shanks 129 by insertion of the outer end of each .through the proper one of the holes 42. The bar 134 is then firmly anchored to these stud shanks 129 by threadalbly mounting an outer nut 40 upon the tip end of each such shank that projects above the bar. Each of the resulting implant assemblies will thus be in the form illustrated in FIG. 14.
The individual artificial teeth (T) are then mounted upon the stud shank and nut assemblies (one of which is shown in FIG. 14) and the bar 134 carried thereby in the manner described above in connection with FIGS. 10 and 11, such as by filling with cement the voids in the cross slots 35 formed in the bases thereof.
The noncircular shanks 129 of the studs v127 may first be given their desired noncircular shape in cross section before cutting sections of threads on the diametrically wider portions thereof, e.g., each may first be made polygonal in cross sectional shape and then interrupted threads cut thereon by a suitable circular die so that no thread roots are provided on the mid zones of the torqueapplying tool engaging areas intervening full depth thread sections. However, each stud shank 129 initially may be circular in cross section and after being externally thread ed flats 43 may be ground on longitudinally-extending side zones thereof for tool engagement, as is illustrated at 229 in FIG. 15.
The externally-threaded portion 228 of stud 227, illustrated in FIGS. and 16, may be provided with the longitudinally-extending hole in the form of blind bore 30 and the transverse holes which communicate therewith may be staggered both circumferentially and axially, as is illustrated at 23 1 in FIG. 15. As will be understood from FIG. 16 such transverse holes may be in the form of three slots 231 each communicating with the axial bore 30 at points angularly spaced about apart. Each of the slots 231 may be formed by a small rotary cutter to cut an arcuate kerf 44 in the sidewall of the externally-threaded portion 228 'which breaks through to communication with the axial bore 30 to form the intercommunicating opening. It will thus be seen that, while it may be preferred to provide transverse openings or holes in the sidewall of the externally-threaded stud portion 228 by a cross slot, such as 31 shown in FIGS. 4 and 12, such transverse openings or holes need not be diametrically aligned.
In some instances, where tissue and bone of the teethridge are of proper nature and the profile of the implant coil or a portion thereof is of a suitable profile the coil may be anchored in a threadably engaging manner directly into an appropriately sized blind hole drilled into the bone. In such a case the need for cutting internal threads in the drilled blind hole and then threadably seating the wire coil implant into the internally-threaded hole may be dispensed with. Thereafter, the externally-threaded portion of the denture anchoring stud may be threadably mounted into the seated implant coil in the manner described above.
Thus, one or more devices of the present invention for securing an individual artificial tooth or portion of a partial or full denture to the bone structure of a human jaw comprises a substantially cylindrical coil of a diamondshaped resilient wire, having interior and exterior threadforming convolutions, is screwable into a blind hole or tapped bore in the jawbone for screw anchorage therein, and an exteriorly screw-threaded stud portion is screwable into this anchored coil. This stud also has a shank of, preferably noneircular in cross section, to be anchored into a recess in the base of an artificial tooth and its screw-threaded portion is provided with a longitudinally-extending hole and a plurality of transverse holes in its sides communicating with the latter. If a complete dental bridge or a portion thereof is to be produced, a plurality of these devices, such as described hereinbefore, is provided and the shanks of the studs thereof are connected by a common bar bent according to the shape of the teethridge of the jaw and serving as a carrier of the artificial teeth.
Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the novel subjects matter defined in the following claims:
1. A device for securing one or more artificial teeth to the bone structure of a human jaw comprising:
(i) an implant base member adapted to be anchored in a blind hole cut generally vertically into the teet-hridge of the jawbone with said base member provided with an internally-threaded socket, and
(ii) a tooth anchoring stud having an externallythreaded anchoring portion adapted to be threadably engaged in said internally-threaded base member socket and having a leading inner end with said stud being provided with a tooth supporting portion; wherein the improvement comprises:
(a) an interior and exterior thread-forming and substantially cylindrical, resilient wire coil implant comprising a plurality of successive convolutions with one constituting a leading end turn, said wire coil implant serving as said base member with the interior thread thereof defining the internally-threaded socket and with its exterior thread adapted to be threadably anchored to bone of the jaw defining the sidewalls of said blind hole,
(b) the tooth supporting portion of said stud being in the form of a shank extending outward from said externally-threaded anchoring portion to be exposed beyond said teethridge when this anchoring portion is screwed into said internally-threaded socket for anchorage in a recess in the base of such artificial tooth, and
(c) said externally-threaded anchoring portion of said stud being provided with a longitudinallyextending hole extending from its leading inner end appreciably toward said shank and a plurality of holes extending transversely through the sides of said anchoring portion to communication with its longitudinally-extending hole so as to permit bone growth therein.
2. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which said stud shank comprises a portion that is noncircular in cross section for engagement by a torque-applying tool to facilitate screwing said stud into said wire coil implant.
3. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which said stud shank is externally threaded so that it will threadably carry tooth anchoring means thereon.
4. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 3 in which said stud shank is noncircular in cross section and the external threads thereof are circumferentially interrupted providing torque-applying tool engaging areas intervening full depth thread sections, said tooth anchoring means comprising an interiorly-t'hreaded nut threadably engaged with the full depth thread sections.
5. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which said longitudinally-extending "hole in said externally-threaded anchoring portion of said stud is a coaxial blind bore and said transversely-extending holes therein comprise a pair of diametrically-aligned slots communicating with said bore.
6. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which said wire coil implant is formed of wire that is diamond-shaped in cross section.
7. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which the successive convolutions of said wire coil implant are spaced longitudinally from each other so as to permit bone growth therebetween.
8. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which one of the wire coil implant convolutions includes at least one chordal portion.
9. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 in which the leading end turn of said Wire coil implant terminates in a transversely-extending tang to be engaged by a driving tool from the interior of said coil for screwing it into the blind hole in the jawbone and to constitute an anchor of said implant upon growth of bone thereabout after insertion of said implant.
10. The artificial tooth anchorage device of claim 1 having in combination therewith at least another one such anchorage device and a common bar-like member shaped transversely to conform generally to the curvature of at least a section of the teethridge of a jaw supportable by and anchorable upon the shanks of said studs, said barlike member being adapted in turn to be received and fixed in transverse slots in the bases of a plurality of artificial teeth.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,599,044 6/1952 Brennan 322 2,644,231 7/1953 Brennan 322 2,745,180 5/1956 Kiernan 3210 2,857,670 10/1958 Kiernan 3210 ROBERT PESHOCK, Primary Examiner.
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Perth, Australia • Leaders of the two countries heading multinational efforts to solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 pledged Thursday that no effort would be spared to give the families of those on board the answers they need.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak flew to Australia for briefings on the search for the missing plane and talks with his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, whose country is overseeing the hunt in a huge and remote patch of the Indian Ocean.
"It is a very difficult search — the most difficult in human history. But as far as Australia is concerned, we are throwing everything we have at it," Abbott said in a media appearance with Najib.
No trace of the Boeing 777 has been found nearly four weeks after it vanished in the early hours of March 8 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
Ten planes and nine ships were involved in search operations Thursday, scouring the ocean far off Australia's southwest corner where investigators believe the plane may have ended up after unknown events occurred on board.
Najib, whose government has been harshly criticized by some victims' families for giving sometimes conflicting information about the flight and for the slow pace of the investigation, said everyone involved in the search is thinking of the families of victims who are waiting desperately for news.
"I know that until we find the plane, many families cannot start to grieve," Najib said. "I cannot imagine what they are going through. But I can promise them that we will not give up.
"We want to provide comfort to the families and we will not rest until answers are indeed found. In due time, we will provide a closure for this event," he said.
Najib met with Abbott at the Australian base near Perth that is serving as the hub for the multinational search effort. They were briefed by Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency overseeing the search.
Although Australia is coordinating the ocean search, the investigation into the tragedy ultimately remains Malaysia's responsibility. Najib said Australia had agreed to be an "accredited representative in the investigation," and would work with Malaysia on a comprehensive agreement on the search.
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Thursday's search zone was a 223,000-square kilometer (86,000-square mile) patch of ocean 1,680 kilometers (1,040 miles) northwest of Perth, part of a larger area crews have been scouring since last week.
The British navy's HMS Echo reported one alert as it searched for sonic transmissions from the missing plane's flight data recorder, but it was quickly discounted as a false alarm, the Joint Agency Coordination Center overseeing the search said Thursday.
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I have posted once regarding my 20 year old arabian mare, she is wonderful. They said she wasn't pregnant, but the vet says she is, (no ultrasound)
I will have many questions and will provide all of the information that I have. I rescued a 20 year old Quarter Arab mare 3.5 months ago. She was left out to pasture, and appeared to have a hay belly or possibly worms. I specifically asked if she was pregnant as I have horse experience, but DEFINITELY not breeding experience, and was told no she is just out of shape, and has a hay belly. I was told she was not pregnant, and that she had never been bred.
I have been riding her and caring for her for the last three months and the belly never went down. NOW she is huge, clear liquid is coming out of her teats, and starting to turn cloudy, and she is very soft in the tail, and we have been seeing the baby move... (Obviously she is pregnant) My first question is her vulva seemed to be relaxing and we assumed the baby was coming... but now not so relaxed? Is that normal? Should I be worried?
Also yellow cloudy liquid can be very freely expressed from one side (left) and only a little from the right side. On Friday 07/17/2009 I found yellow tinged goo ( not sure how else to describe it) on her vulva, in her vulva, and very slightly dripping down her legs. Vet said not an infection (Thank G) probably her mucus plug... wouldn't that mean the baby should come by now???... Anyone able to assist me??
I would like to have some kind of time frame when the baby will be born... the mare is eating normally, drinking normally, and had very slight bouts of loose stool at times, biting at her sides, carrying her tail off to the side constantly, stomping, no rolling, nothing violent, just kicking ...
I LOVE this mare, we have bonded very tightly. In fact when I got off her a month ago (didn't know she was pregnant) to walk by some water. (She doesn't like water) I twisted my ankle. My daughter came to get her so that I could limp home and she refused pulling against the bridal to stay with me and walk along side me... I do not want anything to happen to this mare. And I do not have any horse breeding experience....
No baby. "Milk" has stopped, stomach has dropped, but she is not "preggie big" I am posting a picture of her as well. Big veins running under her belly, and at times she is quite sunken in front of her hips, then the next day not sunken, and then sunken again... she is a decent weight over her ribs and back. Again I have only had her for a three months. The muscles around her tail feel like jello. VERY squishy. She walks very slow except when its hay time :) Alfalfa hay, and I have been feeding her Mare and Foal feed. She definitely has mood swings. Running up to me in the pasture to be petted and hugged (she likes hugs) and then looks at me and starts to flatten her ears and walks (slowly) away about 20 feet. Stops and then turns and walks back up to me does that off an on for about 10 minutes as I am checking the other horses, then comes up to get her brushing and "love". I will definitely post pictures of baby (if or when it comes). Any advice is much appreciated. Vet said to leave her be unless she is in pain (rolling and such) since we don't really know when she was bred (or if). Everyone says she looks pregnant, but maybe not due for another 2 months.
Any advice is much appreciated.
Again I want what is best for her. I truly love this mare.
Obviously I need a new vet, but live in rural area where there is not much of a choice...


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Original 1873 Closed 3 Three Dollar MS611873 $3 Closed 3 MS61 NGC. Ex: Browning. The 1873 is a seldom-found key date in the three dollar gold series. Most pieces encountered are in XF or AU grade. Mint State coins are infrequently offered. Both proofs and business strikes are found in the Closed 3 and Open 3 varieties, with most circulation strikes Closed 3s and most proofs Open 3s. No reliable mintage figures exist. Mint records enumerate 25 proof coins, with no mention of business strikes at all. This has led to speculation over whether some coins might be restrikes. Bowers' three dollar gold reference conjectures that 600 to 900 Closed 3 business strikes were issued, probably early in the year, with the Open 3 issues made later in 1873. Others believe the Open 3s were made at a later date. The legendary B. Max Mehl had earlier commented: "According to Mint records, only 25 pieces were struck. This, however, I do not believe is correct as a larger number was undoubtedly struck. However, it is of great rarity."
This coin previously sold in the 2001 Sotheby's-Stack's "Dallas Bank" Collection sale (10/01), where the cataloger described it as: "BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED, with claims to a slightly higher grade. A very lovely, fully prooflike example of this rare issue. The devices are pleasingly frosted against bright and reflective fields. An original (struck from flat, not dished, dies), with no important handling marks requiring individual mention." To this we would add mention only of the beautiful golden-yellow surfaces and the piece's complete originality and enormous eye appeal. The population data confirm the rarity of this piece in Mint State. NGC has certified only four coins at NGC as MS61, with six finer (including three Prooflikes), while PCGS has graded five MS61 pieces, with three finer (6/06), undoubtedly including resubmissions. As an 1876 proof three dollar coin, graded PR61 sold recently in a Bowers and Merena auction for close to $40,000--a rare coin, but one with perhaps five times as many pieces existing as this example--it is a certainty that this rare and coveted piece should see spirited and intense bidding.(Registry values: N7079) (NGC ID# 25MW, PCGS# 7995)
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In this decision—No. 2014-1396 (Fed. Cir., Feb. 18, 2015)—the court affirmed a grant of summary judgment (a copy can be found at the end of this post) that Garmin's exercise products do not infringe the claims of Pacing's US Pat. No. 8,101,843. The court reviewed the case de novo because the district court had relied entirely on the intrinsic evidence. The claims were directing to a systems comprising "playback devices" that the judge ruled do not play target tempo or pace information as "audio, video or visible signals," e.g., while the user is running.
The panel affirmed that the preamble should be given weight as a claim limitation because:
"[w]hen limitations in the body of the claim rely upon and derive antecedent basis from the preamble, then the preamble may act as a necessary component of the claimed invention." Eaton Corp. v. Rockwell International Corp., 323 F.3d 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2003).


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A businessman tucks his boy into bed before taking off on a business trip. As the son drifts to sleep, the father's flight takes on Arthurian proportions in his dream. He flies off on a giant bird, and as his associatesknights at a round table, in a forest settingdiscuss their affairs, a fire-breathing dragon attacks. The father draws his sword and slays the dragon in a dramatic climax. He flies back triumphant, and when he returns home, again in his suit and tie, he carries a toy dragon.
The eye-catching and emotional epic, which broke during the Super Bowl, is the latest in United's Emmy Award-winning animated "It's Time to Fly" campaign. While previous ads such as "Interview" and "Rose" have been created using 2-D, hand-drawn-style animation, "Dragon" is a departure for the two-year-old campaign and the creative team at Fallon in Minneapolis. The spot was created using stop-motion animation. And rather than employing the most well-known stop-motion technique, clay, it uses paper cutouts instead.


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The cast of NBC's 1990's sitcom BLOSSOM got together recently to celebrate the show's return to the airwaves on The HUB Network. The actors will host a 'Blossom' marathon to mark the show's return.
Series star Mayim Bialik shared photos of the reunion on Twitter along with the caption: "#blossomreunion thanks to @HubTVNetwork in effect!"
BLOSSOM ran on NBC from January 3, 1991, to May 22, 1995. The series was created by Don Reo, and starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenager living with her father and two brothers. The series began with Blossom's mother having left the family to pursue her own life and career; the show concentrated on the family's attempts to adjust.
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What you
need to know:
In light of the problems on the other side of the ball, the
defense may have to carry the offense in the early stages of the
season. The unit welcomes back nine starters, 10 if you count LB
Jordan Richards, who was slated to start before suffering a
season-ending injury. The secondary, in particular, is flush
with senior talent, led by all-leaguers Joe Burnett and Sha'Reff
Rashad. It was those two ball hawks, along with Jason Venson and
Johnell Neal that helped UCF lead the conference with two dozen
picks a year ago. The defense's biggest objective will be to
find replacements for DE Leger Douzable and DT Keith Shologan,
the line's best pass rusher and run-stuffer, respectively. If
they can stay healthy for a change, the Cory Hogue-led
linebackers will be deep and disruptive.
Tackles: Sha'reff
Rashad, 103
Derrick Hallman, 3
Interceptions: Joe Burnett, Johnell Neal, 6
Star of the
Senior CB Joe Burnett
Player who has to step up and become a star: Junior DT
Torrell Troup
Unsung star on the rise: Sophomore LB Derrick Hallman
Best pro prospect: Burnett
Top three all-star candidates: 1) Burnett 2) Senior SS
Sha'reff Rashad 3) Senior FS Jason Venson
Strength of the defense: The secondary, creating
Weakness of the defense: Depth on the interior, a true
speed rusher off the edge
It'll be a mixed bag for a defensive line that has plenty of
talent at defensive end, but depth concerns at defensive
tackle. On the outside, the Knights will open with sophomores
Bruce Miller and David Williams, a couple of
high-motor pass rushers that'll out work opposing tackles to get
to the quarterback. Miller is a 6-2, 249-pound Freshman
All-American that fought his way to 38 tackles, nine tackles for
loss, and seven sacks. Neither the biggest nor the fastest end
in the league, he's strong up top and always plays to the
Williams is a Miller clone, built like a linebacker at 6-2 and
234 pounds, yet frenetic and not about to be out worked. After
playing sparingly as a freshman, he parlayed a dominant spring
into a spot in the regular rotation.
At tackle, juniors Torrell Troup and Travis Timmons
are experienced linemen that have lettered in each of the last
two seasons. Troup, formerly known as Johnson, has the 6-3,
320-pound frame to command two blockers and clog opposing
running lanes. Quicker than he appears and tough to handle
one-on-one, he had 19 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and two
sacks, only scratching the surface of his enormous potential.
The 6-4, 285-pound Timmons gained valuable experience as a
regular in the Knight rotation up front, making 17 tackles, 3.5
tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks. Ready or not, one of the gems
of the 2006 recruiting class is about to get a sharp increase in
playing time at a position that no longer has an excess of
seasoned veterans.
Projected Top Reserves: Senior Antonio Wallace
played a lot of football for UCF a year ago, his first at
defensive end. A former linebacker that's bulked up to 6-2 and
251 pounds, he used his speed and quickness to contribute 30
tackles, four tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks. At 6-3 and 230
pounds, sophomore Darius Nall is a situational edge
rusher that made a successful switch from linebacker to
defensive end as a first-year player. Appearing in 13 games, he
finished the year with 22 tackles, four tackles behind the line,
and a sack.
Depth at tackle will have to come from a trio of untested and
undersized walk-ons that's comprised of Jeremy Green,
Marquis Johnson, and Brian Timm.
Watch Out For… DE Jarvis Geathers. A
transfer from Feather River (Calif.) Community College, Geathers
attracted offers from across the country for his ability to get
to the quarterback. Just 6-2 and 215 pounds, he's a blur around
the tackle, which the Knights are lacking on defense.
Strength: The ends. While Miller and Williams are
going to wear out opposing tackles for four quarters, Wallace,
Nall, and Geathers bring instant speed off the bench.
Weakness: Depth at tackle. Troup and Timmons are
a formidable pair on the inside, but if either needs a breather
or gets injured, the Knights will be severely hamstrung in run
Outlook: As long as everyone stays healthy, the
Knights have the ingredients of one of the league's more
productive defensive lines. If, however, there are any
casualties, especially at tackle, teams will be able to run the
ball without too much resistance.
Rating: 6
In just over a year, the UCF linebackers have gone from being a
major unknown to one of the deepest positions on the roster.
The leader of a unit that returns six players with starting
experience is 6-1, 228-pound senior Cory Hogue, who's
coming off a lights out spring session. A read and react wiz
from the strongside, he had 72 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss,
and a sack, laying the groundwork for what could be an
all-league final season.
At weakside, sophomore Derrick Hallman may be just 6-0
and 205 pounds, but is also a big hitter and one of the
defense's best all-around athletes. As an emergency freshman
starter, he flew all over the field, making 50 tackles, 9.5
tackles for loss, and three sacks.
In the middle, the Knights will again turn to junior Chance
Henderson, a second-year starter that had 74 tackles, seven
tackles for loss, and a sack last season. A stout run defender
at 6-1 and 241 pounds, he loves contact and will rarely miss a
tackle in the open field.
Projected Top Reserves: Junior Jordan Richards
was scheduled to start a year ago before suffering a season-long
injury. Healthy again, he'll be competing with Hallman for
playing time, and at worst, providing veteran depth to the
second team. One of the fastest of the linebackers at 6-2 and
226 pounds, he has upside, but has never been able to remain out
of the trainer's room for an extended period of time.
Henderson's insurance policy inside is junior Alex Thompson,
who started a pair of games in 2007, finishing the season with
11 tackles. While little threat to Henderson's job, his 15
games of experience is a valuable asset to the second unit.
Sophomore Lawrence Young was one of just a handful of
freshmen to play extensively as a rookie, collecting 31 tackles,
2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks. Like Hallman, he's
safety-sized at 6-0 and 212 pounds, but has tremendous range and
sideline-to-sideline speed.
Watch Out For… Hallman. While he doesn't have
prototypical size for the position, he is a playmaker that'll
only get better with more experience. One of the budding stars
of the UCF defense, he can wreak havoc on the blitz and cover
like a safety.
Strength: Depth. Injuries over the past two
seasons have forced the Knights to use a bunch of players a year
earlier than they would have liked. Now that everyone is
healthy, the program boasts a two-deep that's experienced and
Weakness: Size. As players like Hogue and Hallman
take on more prominent roles, UCF has become more finesse than
physical at the second line of defense. Some of this year's
thicker opponents, such as Boston College and Miami, will
present problems for an undersized ensemble that relies so
heavily on its quickness.
Outlook: It's a big "if", but if the linebackers
can finally go the year injury-free, they'll form a disruptive
group that can defend the run and the pass equally well.
Depending on who gets the majority of the tackles, Hogue,
Hallman, and Henderson all have the potential to deliver
all-conference seasons.
Rating: 6.5
The defensive backfield will easily be UCF's most experienced
unit, as all four senior starters are back from a year ago. The
star of the quartet is CB Joe Burnett, a 5-11, 185-pound
playmaker and one of the best overall athletes on the roster. A
risk-taker that'll get burned every once in a while, he's a
quality cover man with 12 career interceptions, half of which
came a year ago. In his best season so far, he had 64 tackles,
three tackles for loss, six picks, and a dozen batted balls, en
route to being named First Team All-Conference USA.
Burnett will be joined at cornerback by a familiar face,
fourth-year starter Johnell Neal, who matched Burnett's
six takeaways to go along with 56 tackles and 10 passes
defended. Surprisingly tough for a 5-10, 176-pound defensive
back, he's not shy about pressing up to support the run defense.
At strong safety, Sha'reff Rashad is a do-everything
defensive back that can play the run with the same ferocity as
the pass. A fundamentally sound tackler at 6-0 and 198 pounds,
he led the defense with 103 stops, added eight tackles for loss,
and had four picks for a second straight year.
Rashad will be joined by strong safety Jason Venson, who
has a knack for always being around the ball. Either first or
second on the team in tackles for three years in-a-row, he had a
career-high 92 stops to along with five tackles for loss, two
picks, and seven pass breakups.
Projected Top Reserves: Junior Emery Allen
is the most battle-tested of the backup cornerbacks, a two-time
letterwinner with starting experience. Just 5-9 and 176 pounds,
he has the speed and back-pedal to shut down opposing receivers,
provided his limited stature doesn't become an issue.
While sophomore Darin Baldwin will almost certainly be a
starter by 2009, for now, he'll add depth at corner and provide
an option in nickel packages. At 5-11 and 190 pounds, he's
shown hints of being outstanding in pass coverage, playing in
nine games as a true freshman with 17 tackles, two tackles for
loss, and his first interception.
Strong safety Justin Boddie also played well as a
freshman, chalking up 20 tackles and picking off a pair of
passes. Well-sized at 6-2 and 190 pounds, he'll take over for
Rashad once this season ends.
Watch Out For… the second team to get more reps
than a year ago. Well, at least in one-sided games. Since all
four starters are seniors, the coaching staff recognizes the
need to get the Baldwins and Boddies ready for 2009 without
negatively impacting the season at hand.
Strength: Chemistry. You can't underestimate the
importance chemistry has to the performance of a unit. More
than just seasoned, this group of defensive backs knows each
other's tendencies inside and out, and has played a ton of
football together over the last three years.
Weakness: Pass coverage. Yeah, they're
experienced and athletic, but that shouldn't overshadow the fact
that UCF has allowed a whopping 48 touchdown passes over the
last two seasons, including 26 a year ago. Somehow, the Knights
have to figure out a way to limit the big plays and third down
conversions through the air.
Outlook: While not quite the 2007 UCF
secondary, the similarities are there. The secondary is
talented enough to make the other two units more effective, as
long as there continues to be enough takeaways to compensate for
the inevitable blown coverages.
Rating: 8
Special Teams
Topping the list of priorities for special teams coach Brent Key
will be to find a replacement for K Michael Torres, who nailed
20-of-24 field goals a year ago. Key is putting a lot of faith
in sophomore Jordan Dodds, a transfer from South Carolina
that sat out last season. At 5-11 and 210 pounds, he needs to
become more consistent to go along with a strong leg. Dodds is
being challenged by a couple of redshirt freshmen walk-ons,
Salvatore Dimauro and Kyle Iketani. Dimauro had a
successful high school career, which he hopes will translate to
the college game.
There's far less uncertainty at punter, where sophomore Blake
Clingan is back for his second season as the starter. In
his debut, he averaged 40.7 and showed good loft and hang time
on his punts. At 6-3 and 221 pounds, Clingan has a big leg, and
his fine-tuned his fundamentals in the offseason.
Although shifty kick returner must be replaced, the Knights
welcome back Joe Burnett, one of the game's most
dangerous punt returners. In three seasons, he's taken two back
for touchdowns, showing great speed in the open field.
Watch Out For… the situation at kicker. Torres
was a quiet hero in last season's title run. Now it's up to
Dodds to be equally accurate when the offense stalls in opposing
Strength: Burnett. If you give the senior a seam
or even a hint of daylight, he's capable of supercharging the
crowd and changing the tempo of a game.
Weakness: The kicking game. Torres raised the bar
by missing just four field goals a year ago, heaping pressure on
Dodds and the freshmen to deliver clutch kicks late in close
Outlook: With the return game and the coverage
units clicking, UCF will be among Conference USA's best special
teams units if the new kicker isn't a glaring liability.
Rating: 6