Patents Assigned to Implant Innovations, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20110183289
    Abstract: A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient's mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant. A stone model is prepared based on the impression, including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker. The model is scanned. Scan data is generated from the scanning. The scan data is transferred to a CAD program. A three-dimensional model of the installation site is created in the CAD program. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype. Rapid prototype dimensional information is developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: IMPLANT INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore M. POWELL, John T. AMBER, Bruce BERCKMANS, III, Zachary B. SUTTIN
  • Patent number: 7169317
    Abstract: The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing further treatment of the surface substantially in the absence of unreacted oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith D. Beaty
  • Patent number: 7018207
    Abstract: An implant analog is for supporting an article that is used to develop a dental prosthesis. The analog provides a main body for being anchored in a model of a mouth of a patient. The main body includes an upper surface for contacting the article that is used to develop a dental prosthesis. The analog includes a groove extending inward along a periphery of the main body below the upper surface for receiving a soft modeling material that replicates gingival tissue. Material for forming a soft tissue model flows into the groove to create a corresponding rib in the soft tissue model that allows the soft tissue model to be properly registered on the underlying stone model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Prestipino
  • Patent number: 6969474
    Abstract: The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing further treatment of the surface substantially in the absence of unreacted oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith D. Beaty
  • Patent number: 6899715
    Abstract: The invention set forth includes a set of tools which compact bone tissue as they develop a bore in the bone tissue and a driving mechanism for providing movement to the tools. The tools have engaging surfaces which displace bone tissue radially outward with respect to a central axis of the tool to create high density bone tissue at the wall defining the bore. The driving mechanism may provide only vibrational movement to assist in inserting the tool. Alternatively, the driving mechanism may provide translational movement in the longitudinal direction with respect to the tool to insert the tool into the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith D. Beaty
  • Patent number: 6887077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new dental implant that includes a generally cylindrical section and a tapered section. The implant has a thread making a plurality of turns around the exterior surface. The implant is installed into a bore that includes a generally cylindrical portion and a tapered portion. The dimensions of the cylindrical section and the tapered section of the implant are at least the dimensions of the generally cylindrical portion and the tapered portion of the bore, respectively. The bore is preferably shaped by a shaping drill that has a profile that generally mimics the profile of the implant. The female threads are preferably developed through a compression tap or a series of compression taps that cause the bone tissue defining the female threads to have increased density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan S. Porter, Ralph E. Goodman
  • Patent number: 6790040
    Abstract: The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with marking locations thereon. The marking locations either lack or have markers that provide a binary code system for retrieving unique information about the healing abutment and the underlying implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Amber, Stephan S. Porter, Theodore M. Powell
  • Patent number: 6758672
    Abstract: An implant comprising an internal bore having an opening at one end of the implant is initially fixed within a patient's mouth. A support post on which a final artificial prosthesis will be mounted is attached to the implant by allowing a portion of the post to extend into and attach within the bore of the implant. The post generally extends supragingivally from a base at or beneath the gum surface and contains a retention bulb to assist in registering the axial orientation of an impression cap and the final prosthesis. The impression cap is then placed over the post to assist in taking an impression of the relevant dental region. The impression cap contains means to allow the retention bulb to snap onto the impression cap. After the impression material is placed to surround the impression cap, post and implant, the impression material and impression cap are removed. A healing cap is placed on the post and acts as a temporary tooth able to last within the patient's mouth for several months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan S. Porter, Theodore M. Powell, Daniel Y. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 6716187
    Abstract: A single-use system for separating blood and producing platelet concentrates includes an elongated container for receiving blood from a patient. The container has a movable plunger mounted within the blood container for expressing blood fractions separated during centrifugation of the container through a first port mounted at one end of said container, a second port mounted on the plunger, and a third port mounted on a plunger rod attached to the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen E. Jorgensen, Bruce Berckmans, III
  • Patent number: 6652765
    Abstract: The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing further treatment of the surface substantially in the absence of unreacted oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith D. Beaty
  • Patent number: 6619958
    Abstract: An implant delivery system includes a carrier that is attached to an implant. The carrier includes a main body having a lower portion to be attached to the implant and an upper portion. The upper portion includes an internally threaded section having a polygonal internal cross-section. The polygonal cross-section engages a tool that applies torque to install the implant into bone. The threaded section receives a threaded portion of a secondary component to be coupled to the carrier after the implant has been installed. One secondary component is a gingival healing component. Thus, the combination of the carrier and the gingival healing component acts as a healing abutment after the carrier has been used to install the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith D. Beaty, Richard J. Lazzara, Dan P. Rogers, Ralph E. Goodman
  • Patent number: 6592507
    Abstract: A single use system and kit for producing blood platelet concentrates is described herein. In a preferred form, the kit includes a bag set in which compartments containing blood components are adjacent to to separate compartments which can be inflated to express the blood components after their separation by centrifuging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen E. Jorgensen, Bruce Berckmans, III
  • Patent number: 6565357
    Abstract: A two-piece healing abutment for forming an aperture in gingiva overlying an artificial root means installed in a jawbone of a patient's mouth is set forth. The root means has an upper end that is to be exposed in the aperture. The two-piece healing abutment comprises a first component and a second component. The first component has a transmucosal portion with an exterior surface for defining the aperture in the gingiva. The first component also has an internal bore extending therethrough and a lower end for engaging the upper end of the root means. The second component attached the first component on the root means. The second component extending through the bore of the first component and engaging the root means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Lazzara, Keith D. Beaty, Curtis E. Jansen
  • Patent number: 6558162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with information markers provided thereon and a method for making the same. The implant has an apical end installed into a jawbone having overlying gingiva and a gingival end near an interface of the gingiva and the jawbone with a hexagonal boss thereon. The healing element comprises information markers for determining the orientation of said hexagonal boss, the diameter of said healing element, the height of said healing element, and the size of said implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan S. Porter, Theodore M. Powell
  • Patent number: 6514258
    Abstract: The stop element is set forth for solving a problem of the clinician only being able to visualize a depth marking on a drill bit or a similar tool. The detachable stop element limits the penetration of the drill bit beyond a predetermined axial distance on the drill bit. The stop element consists of a connecting portion and an extending portion, both having an inner wall defining a bore extending entirely through the connecting portion and extending portions. The connecting portion has a surface that contacts the drill bit for restricting the axial movement of the stop element relative to the drill bit. The extending portion terminates in a lower end for engaging the bone surrounding the bore to limit the penetration of the drill bit. The stop element may include a plurality of grooves for altering its length so that the penetration depth of the drill bit can be altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Brown, Ralph E. Goodman
  • Patent number: 6491723
    Abstract: The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing further treatment of the surface substantially in the absence of unreacted oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith D. Beaty
  • Patent number: 6431869
    Abstract: An implant for implantation into bone tissue having an exterior surface includes an elongated body and at least one thread. The elongated body has a distal end portion for being submerged in the bone tissue, a proximal end portion for being located near the exterior surface of the bone tissue, a central axis, and an outer surface. When viewed in cross-section, the elongated body has a non-circular cross-section. The non-circular cross-section includes a plurality of lobes and a plurality of dwells. Each of the plurality of dwells is disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of lobes. The thread extends radially outward with respect to the central axis from the outer surface of the elongated body between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion. As the implant is screwed into the bone tissue, only the lobes on the elongated body engage the bone tissue. Because no contact exists between the dwells and the bone tissue, the amount of torque required to insert the implant is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Reams, III, Ralph E. Goodman, Dan Paul Rogers
  • Patent number: 6413200
    Abstract: A single use system and kit for producing blood platelet concentrates is described herein. In a preferred form, the kit includes a bag set in which compartments containing blood components are adjacent to separate compartments which can be inflated to express the blood components after their separation by centrifuging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen E. Jorgensen, Bruce Berckmans, III
  • Patent number: 6398552
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a ratchet wrench and a torque indicator combined concentrically in a single housing. The ratchet wrench is useful for driving a fastener used in dentistry, such as an abutment screw that holds an abutment on a dental implant. In operation, the handle of the wrench can be rotated in one direction (e.g. clockwise) to impart torque on the fastener. When the handle is rotated in the opposite direction (e.g. counterclockwise), no torque is applied to the fastener as the handle is returned to a position where it is easy for the clinician to again rotate the handle to apply additional torque to the fastener. The return motion of the handle (e.g. counterclockwise rotation) may be stepless in operation which is brought about through a coiled clutch spring located in an annular space within a housing between the housing and a concentric driver member. To provide an indication of torque, a rotor body is supported coaxially within the driver member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Paul Rogers, Thomas Tait Robb
  • Patent number: RE38630
    Abstract: A bone mill for preparing the second-stage opening in crestal bone surrounding the gingival surface of a dental implant in a jawbone is tubular in form and has teeth with a negative rake on an end surface and the adjacent side surface for forming a shaped opening to the implant. The side surface of the mill near the end surface is tapered to the desired shape of the opening. A guide pin fixed in the implant mates with an opening in the bone mill to center the mill relative to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Lazzara, Keith D. Beaty, Stuart Graves