Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Western Patent Group
  • Patent number: 6733287
    Abstract: A molar tube having a first face portion that is adapted to be adhered to a molar tooth, a second face portion, and a mesial-distal length dimension. There is a body portion disposed on the second face portion of the base portion, and the body portion comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The body portion further comprises a lumen that is adapted to receive an archwire, wherein the lumen has an axis which substantially coincides with the mesial-distal length dimension of the base portion. The body portion further comprises a boss comprising a threaded bore that is adapted to receive a setscrew, wherein the threaded bore has an axis. The axis of the threaded bore intersects with the mesial-distal length dimension to form an angle of any degree between 15 degrees and 175 degrees, including every degree therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Inventor: Michael K. Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 6701853
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tables having a tabletop whose height is adjustable. A table according to the present disclosure is useful among other employments as a coffee table whose height can be varied to suit the needs of persons using the table for various purposes, including game playing. A table with adjustable height top portion according to the disclosure attractive and functional. Various structures for maintaining the selected height at which the table top is set are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Sunny Hwang
  • Patent number: 5984936
    Abstract: A device and method for producing a large number of micrografts of hair-bearing tissue in a reduced time are provided. The micrografts so produced are suitable for surgical transplantation and are seen to be both consistent in size and fertile with respect to the survival rate of the follicle-bearing tissue so transplanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventors: E. Antonio Mangubat, Phillip J. Timm