Patents by Inventor Raul Horacio VILLAALBA

Raul Horacio VILLAALBA 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).

  • Publication number: 20110143300
    Abstract: A dental device for the correction of upper jaw transversal micrognathism in adult patients, which makes it possible to apply a slow expansion orthopedic technique, without osteotomy with osseo fixation by means of micro-implants, which comprises an expansion component, bilateral palatine support components, and a fixation component. The expansion component is an expansion screw joined to the palatine support components by means of lateral arms that extend out of it, where said palatine support components have perforations for receiving the fixation components defined by the micro-implants. The invention also provides a procedure for building the device and for setting up a surgical guide for said device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Raul Horacio VILLAALBA