Patents by Inventor Anders Törnquist

Anders Törnquist 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).

  • Patent number: 7089070
    Abstract: A manufacturing system for dental products (P, P?) operates with coordinating units (9) which receive and register orders from customers (1, 2 and 3). The coordinating units distribute the order to production units (11, 12 and 13). The various units include database whose contents are updated by data replications in conjunction with changes to system functions, system application, system structure, etc. The data contained in the databases of the production units are entered in memory elements which are arranged for accessing program contents when executing data replications via one or more interfaces via which the function for data replications in the system has access or is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventors: Matts Andersson, Anders Törnquist
  • Patent number: 6821123
    Abstract: An operating site is used to assemble individually designed dental products, for example spacers, abutments, bridges, etc. Each product consists of two or more structural elements. The operating site is provided with computer equipment which can reproduce a simulated model of the jaw, jawbone, implant, etc., and structural elements applied to the model. The operating site is arranged to collate data in a profile relating to part of the assembly. Members are included for transmitting profile data via the network to the central unit. The central unit supplies information relating to the part in question. The information is sent to the operating site or to a production unit connected to the central unit for production of the part. A debiting system is arranged to indicate to the central unit or to the production site that the information or production, respectively, has been paid for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventors: Matts Andersson, Anders Törnquist