Patents Assigned to DDS Company
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Publication number: 20240033052Abstract: A connector bridge configured to connect between two adjacent surgical guide foundation devices. The connector bridge may include a crossbar portion, two connector pins spaced apart from one another, and wherein the two connector pins extend outward from the crossbar portion in a generally perpendicular direction relative to the crossbar portion. The connector bridge may include a crossbar portion, two openings spaced apart from one another and formed through the crossbar portion, removable bridge pins, and wherein the removeable bridge pins may be configured to be inserted at least partially through the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: DDS Company, Inc.Inventors: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg, Brian Lee, Matthew Vrhovac, Richard Meaney, Louis Costanzo
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Patent number: 11819382Abstract: A surgical guide foundation system, device, and methods of making and using same. The surgical guide foundation system may include one or more foundation devices. The one or more foundation devices may include a main body portion, one or more fixation ports formed in the main body portion and forming a passage therethrough, and one or more carrier connectors (e.g., plug connector style latches) formed on the main body portion. The surgical guide foundation system may further include a guide component. The guide component may be configured to be engageable with one or more of the one or more carrier connectors. The main body portion may include protrusions formed on an inner facing surface of the main body portion and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: DDS Company, Inc.Inventors: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg, Brian Lee, Matthew Vrhovac, Richard Meaney, Louis Costanzo
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Publication number: 20230190406Abstract: A stackable surgical foundation guide. The stackable surgical foundation guide may include a body portion having a generally arcuate shape; one or more connector bodies spaced generally about the body portion; one or more fixation ports spaced about the body portion, each of the one or more fixation ports forming a passageway therethrough. The stackable surgical foundation guide may further include at least one stabilization arm affixed to the body portion, the at least one stabilization arm may be configured such that at least a portion of it extends to a top of, or past, a crestal aspect of a residual ridge of an edentulous patient's mouth or behind, or in back of, one or more tooth structures on the crestal aspect of the residual ridge of a dentate patient's mouth. The body portion of the stackable surgical foundation guide may further include a first portion and a second portion that may be coupled together at about a center point thereof in a hingeable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: DDS Company, Inc.Inventor: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg
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Publication number: 20220409220Abstract: A navigation-guided surgery fixation (NGSF) system. The NGSF system may include a fixation member for fixating an intraoral surgical guide. The fixation member may include a shank portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion extending out from an end portion of the shank portion, and wherein the shank portion has a diameter greater than that of the shaft portion; and a sleeve member, wherein the sleeve member may include a through-hole substantially the same size of the shank portion and configured to receive the shank portion therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: DDS Company, Inc.Inventors: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg, Matthew Vrhovac, Richard Meaney, Louis Costanzo
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Publication number: 20220079709Abstract: A robotic surgical reference guide. The robotic surgical reference guide may include a reference block; a base guide or frame body; and one or more connection arms, wherein the reference block may be connected to the base guide or frame body via the one or more connection arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: DDS Company, Inc.Inventors: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg, Matthew Vrhovac, Richard Meaney, Louis Costanzo
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Patent number: 11039905Abstract: A prosthesis design method according to an embodiment includes loading 3D oral model data from a memory, displaying an oral image and an arch line of the 3D oral model data, providing an alignment interface for aligning the oral image with the arch line, and displaying the oral image aligned with the arch line.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: DDS COMPANYInventors: Jin Ah Je, Geon Choi, Yu Bin Lee, Ji Min Kim, Dong Hyun You
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Publication number: 20200352736Abstract: A tissue borne stackable foundation guide is provided. The foundation guide may include a main body; first connectors formed on and spaced about an outer surface of the main body; one or more ports spaced about the main body and forming a passage therethrough; and protrusions formed on an inner surface of the main body and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: DDS Company, Inc.Inventors: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg, Brian Lee, Matthew Vrhovac
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Publication number: 20200352679Abstract: A surgical guide foundation system, device, and methods of making and using same. The surgical guide foundation system may include one or more foundation devices. The one or more foundation devices may include a main body portion, one or more fixation ports formed in the main body portion and forming a passage therethrough, and one or more carrier connectors (e.g., plug connector style latches) formed on the main body portion. The surgical guide foundation system may further include a guide component. The guide component may be configured to be engageable with one or more of the one or more carrier connectors. The main body portion may include protrusions formed on an inner facing surface of the main body portion and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: DDS Company, Inc.Inventors: Cornelius J. Janse Van Rensburg, Brian Lee, Matthew Vrhovac, Richard Meaney, Louis Costanzo
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Patent number: 10792133Abstract: A 3D scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pattern generating device irradiating a light pattern to a subject and an imaging device receiving an omni-directional image of the subject to which the light pattern is irradiated.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: DDS COMPANYInventor: Jung Bon Moon
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Publication number: 20190209266Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial tooth machining apparatus which protects a workpiece and first and second tools from heat and frictional contact that may occur when the workpiece is machined and enhancing machining precision by supplying water or air to the tools by a supply unit, a first nozzle portion, and a second nozzle portion, which has a lifespan lengthened by preventing chips of the workpiece or water or air from being introduced to a mechanism operation part of a base part by a discharge unit and a blocking unit, and which prevents a collision between the first tool and the second tool during machining of the workpiece by a tool collision preventing controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: DDS CompanyInventors: Jung Bon MOON, Un Seob SIM, Tae Hoon KIM, Je Sung KIM, Sang Un KIM, Myung Su PARK, In KIM
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Patent number: D1006225Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: DDS Company, Inc.Inventor: Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg