Patents Examined by Nicholas D. Lucchesi
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Patent number: 11735306Abstract: A method, system and computer readable storage media for obtaining 3D dental restoration geometries from 2D dental designs. This may include obtaining a training dataset, training the neural network using the training dataset, taking a scan of a patient, such as a 3D measurement of a patient's oral cavity, obtaining a 2D dental design, producing a 3D dental restoration geometry using the obtained 2D dental design and the trained neural network.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Oliver Wirjadi, Behrang Shafei
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Patent number: 11723755Abstract: A dental superstructure securable to a protruding dental abutment, related assembly and method of design are provided. The dental superstructure is designed to mimick a tooth and is perforated to create a drop-shaped screw conduit for screw insertion and advancement. The screw conduit includes an insertion portion extending substantially conically outwardly from an inlet to enable advancement of an inserted screw along an insertion axis and a spherical angulation portion extending from and communicating with the insertion portion to allow angulation of the screw from the insertion axis to an implant axis. Buccal and/or lingual contours of the screw conduit may be respectively arched outwardly and inwardly from the insertion axis to adapt to screw advancement needs. The dental superstructure may be part of an assembly for a dental implant in combination with an osseointegrable implant including the protruding dental abutment; and a dental abutment screw.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Panthera Dental Inc.Inventor: Jean-Pierre Bilodeau
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Patent number: 11723702Abstract: The invention discloses a modular surgical bone screw assembly having a threaded base portion and a screw head adapted to attach a variety of structures to bone. The features of the screw include a modular design for the assembly that separates the function of anchorage to the recipient bone to one of the modules of the device (threaded portion) from the other function of attaching another element (such as bone block, membrane, orthodontic wires, elastics etc) to a second module (the screw head). The design also allows the head to be exchanged after the implant has been placed.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Inventor: Homayoun H. Zadeh
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Patent number: 11723760Abstract: An aerosol deflecting dental shield and containment device having a cylindrical base with a lower free end and with a base sidewall having an inner surface enclosing and defining a base channel base channel defining a base channel diameter and with an HVE adapted to be inserted therein. The device also includes a circular base platform radially extending outwardly from the base channel, a deflecting member coupled to the circular base platform, with an outer surface opposing the lower free end, of an elastic polymeric material, defining an intake aperture fluidly coupled to the base channel, and defining a deflection diameter of a length at least twice a length of the base channel diameter, and a cantilevered tooth rest member projecting from the outer surface of the deflecting member, having a spherical apex disposed at a distal end thereon, and of an elastic polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Inventor: Gregory Prior
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Patent number: 11723844Abstract: A method of installing a dental prosthetic device includes securing a first guide member to an alveolar arch in a mouth of a patient. The first guide member is utilized to achieve a substantially planar bone surface along the alveolar arch. A second guide member is coupled with the first guide member. The second guide member is utilized to install one or more implants in the alveolar arch through substantially planar bone surface. A dental prosthetic is secured to the one or more implants. The dental prosthetic includes nanoceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL DENTEX, LLCInventors: Armand C. Jusuf, Michael J. Mandeville, Daniel R. Llop
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Patent number: 11717678Abstract: An oral care device for placement in the oral cavity. The oral care device may include a support component, a piezoelectric component, and/or a therapeutic element. The support component is configured for placement between one or more maxillary teeth and one or more mandibular teeth. The piezoelectric element is configured to generate an electrical current from relative movement of the maxillary teeth and the mandibular teeth. The therapeutic element is configured to release a therapeutic composition into the oral cavity at least in part in response to receiving the electrical signal. The device may include the piezoelectric component, the therapeutic element, or both.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Scott Demarest, Mark Dobrovolny
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Patent number: 11717384Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance to implement a stage of a treatment plan includes a number of tooth-receiving cavities configured to receive and resiliently reposition teeth on a first jaw from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement and at least one tab. The at least one tab can include a mesial end coupled to at least one of the number of tooth receiving cavities, a distal end defining a distal end of the dental appliance, an exterior surface configured to mate with an opposing dental appliance on a second jaw or an opposing tooth on the second jaw, the second jaw opposing the first jaw, and an interior surface opposite to the exterior surface, the interior surface configured to receive a coronal surface of an erupting tooth and manage eruption of the erupting tooth during the stage of the treatment plan.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jon F. Moss, Rene M. Sterental
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Patent number: 11712323Abstract: A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL DENTEX, LLCInventors: Daniel R. Llop, Armand C. Jusuf, Ryan A. Spanke
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Patent number: 11712324Abstract: A dental separator device includes an elastic body having a first end and a second end. A first surface engager is connected to the first end of the body. The first surface engager includes a first distal section and a first mesial section and a notch between the first distal section and the first mesial section. The first distal section and the first mesial section each include a pair of spaced apart hands. A second surface engager is connected to the second end of the body. The second surface engager includes a second distal section and a second mesial section, and a notch between the second distal section and the second mesial section. The second distal section and the second mesial section each include a pair of spaced apart hands. The hands are for engaging teeth and/or for creating adaptation pressure on a dental matrix stabilizer and/or dental matrix.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventor: David J. Clark
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Patent number: 11707125Abstract: The scalp applicator is configured for use with a liquid phase cosmetic media. The scalp applicator is a tool that applies the liquid phase cosmetic media to the head of a patient. The scalp applicator comprises a manifold and a bellows. The manifold is the working element of the tool formed by the scalp applicator. The manifold discharges the liquid phase cosmetic media onto the hair and scalp of the patient. The bellows forms the handle of the scalp applicator. The bellows contains the liquid phase cosmetic media. The bellows is a compressible structure. The compression of the bellows generates the motive forces necessary to force the liquid phase cosmetic media through the manifold for discharge.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Colleen Garey, Keesha Morgan
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Patent number: 11707238Abstract: Provided herein are devices and methods generating a panoramic rendering of a subject's teeth. Methods and processes are provided to image the subject's teeth with a dental scan. Methods and processes are also provided to automatically 3D render the subject's teeth with the scan images. Methods and apparatuses are also provided to generate simulated panoramic views of the subject's dentition from various perspectives.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Maayan Moshe, Shai Ayal, Jonathan Coslovsky, Adi Levin, Avraham Zulti, Shai Farkash
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Patent number: 11707124Abstract: A hair comb contains: a handle, a stepped body extending from a connection segment of the handle, multiple long columns and multiple short column which are separately arranged on the stepped body. A height of a respective one long column is different a height of a respective one short column. The stepped body includes an external surround portion, a middle surround portion, and an internal surround portion which have different heights respectively. Multiple gaps are defined among the external surround portion, the middle surround portion, and the internal surround portion. The multiple gaps includes multiple support portions formed in a vertical line so that the external surround portion, the middle surround portion, and the internal surround portion define the stepped body.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventor: Shih-Ling Hsu
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Patent number: 11701202Abstract: A dental apparatus is disclosed. The dental apparatus can comprise a pressure wave generator to be disposed at a treatment region of a tooth. The pressure wave generator can include an opening to deliver a flowable filling material to the treatment region. The apparatus can include a reservoir for supplying the filling material to the pressure wave generator. The pressure wave generator can be configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SONENDO, INC.Inventors: Mehrzad Khakpour, Bjarne Bergheim
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Patent number: 11696815Abstract: A circumferential matrix system having a matrix band and a body, such that the body comprises a handle, a housing and a base, and a spindle within the body is attached to the handle. The matrix band on one end is permanently affixed to the spindle and the matrix band on another end is permanently affixed to an inside wall of the housing. The circumferential matrix system can be tightened around a tooth without the need or use of a retaining ring.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventor: Peter John Nicholson
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Patent number: 11690698Abstract: An orthodontic aligner includes a first plastic segment having a first shape that fits over a first portion of a dental arch of a patient, a second plastic segment having a second shape that fits over a second portion of the dental arch of the patient, and a connector that joins the first plastic segment to the second plastic segment. The connector is configured to be disposed along a lingual side of one or more additional teeth of the patient without exerting a clinically significant force on the one or more additional teeth. The connector spans a gap between the first plastic segment and the second plastic segment, the gap corresponding to the one or more additional teeth that are not to receive the clinically significant force. The connector includes a flexible material that will perform at least one of flex, move or change shape responsive to applied forces.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Peter Webber, Jennifer C. Chen, Yan Chen
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Patent number: 11690700Abstract: A unique CAD subtract body intended to create a design of a mating surface for a veneering overlay and a dental implant framework wherein the unique CAD subtract body is derived from a diagnostic wax-up surface model. The diagnostic wax-up surface model is created from at least one of scanning a diagnostic wax up or denture tooth set up, CAD models in a virtual set up, an intraoral scan of a diagnostic wax up or denture tooth set up taken in a patient's mouth, a CT scan or series of CT scans of a patient's mouth, a CT scan or series of CT scans with the use of a radiographic stent in a patient's mouth, and wherein the unique CAD subtract body can be used to create the tool path for the manufacturing of the veneering overlay and allows for the fabrication of a dental implant from at least one of a metallic material, a ceramic material, an acrylic material, a biocompatible material.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: Drew Schulter, Carl Schulter, Kyle Fraysur, Daryl Newman, Belal Hamadeh
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Patent number: 11684460Abstract: A reference member for determining a position of an implant analog can comprise a trapezoidal body including a first side and a substantially parallel second side. The first side can define a first dimension and the second side can define a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ZFX GMBHInventor: Andreas Geier
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Patent number: 11678962Abstract: A system for lip retraction and aerosol reduction, including a mouthpiece with an integrated single-lip retractor and aerosol suction head, single-lip internal retentive wings and external retentive wings configured to support and secure the mouthpiece in a mouth of a patient, and comfort retention notches formed between the internal retentive wings and external retentive wings to enhance comfort of the patient and to secure the mouthpiece in the mouth of the patient. The system includes a High-Volume Evacuator (HVE) valve stem configured for attachment to an HVE suction tube to provide suction for the aerosol reduction.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventor: Andrew Reingold
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Patent number: 11678918Abstract: The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Individual Implant Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Robert G. Hale
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Patent number: 11672628Abstract: A modular mouthpiece for soft tissue placement includes a base tray and soft tissue placement inserts. The soft tissue placement inserts are configured to be selectively coupled to the base tray.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology CorporationInventors: Timothy L. Nisi, Brian D. Overshiner