Patents by Inventor Gorm P. Hansen

Gorm P. Hansen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for bracing dental implants or natural tooth roots to secure artificial teeth
    Patent number: 5567155
    Abstract: A system for bracing dental implants or natural tooth roots to secure artificial teeth includes a plurality of implant members which are implanted in the jawbone or tooth roots of a patient and each has separately connected thereto or formed integral therewith an implant head having a recess for receiving a bar to which a denture can be removably secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Inventor: Gorm P. Hansen
  • System for bracing dental implants or natural tooth roots to secure artificial teeth
    Patent number: 5427906
    Abstract: A system for bracing dental implants or natural tooth roots to secure artificial teeth includes a plurality of implant members which are implanted in the jawbone or tooth roots of a patient and each has separately connected thereto or formed integral therewith an implant head having a recess for receiving a bar to which a denture can be removably secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Inventor: Gorm P. Hansen
  • Self-centering dental face-bow
    Patent number: 4424035
    Abstract: A self-centering dental face-bow comprising an elongate cross-bar which is adapted to be disposed across the front of a dental patient's face in spaced relationship thereto, a pair of arms extending transversely from the cross-bar in order to present each in spaced relationship along an associated side of a patient's face, a pair of hinge pointers of which each extends transversely from one of the arms toward the other arm to engage an associated side of the patient's face, a mount which is generally centrally disposed on the cross-bar and is adapted to carry various dental appliances which are to be engaged by a patient's mouth, and the arms are movable equidistantly in relation to the mount toward and away from each other in the direction of length of the cross-bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Inventor: Gorm P. Hansen
  • Jaw hinge-axis locator
    Patent number: 4411622
    Abstract: A jaw hinge-axis locating device for securing a dental face-bow of the type having hinge pointers to the face of a dental patient with the hinge pointers of the face-bow in axial alignment with the patient's jaw hinge axis, the device includes a pliable base member which is adapted to be adhesively secured to a patient's face over one of his jaw hinge condyles, a receptacle disposed on the base member which is adapted securely to receive a hinge pointer of a face-bow with the receptacle in alignment with a patient's jaw hinge-axis thereby to locate and maintain a hinge pointer of a face-bow in alignment with the jaw hinge-axis of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Inventor: Gorm P. Hansen