Patents by Inventor Anita H. Daniels

Anita H. Daniels 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).

  • Dental flossing material with leader
    Patent number: 5320117
    Abstract: An article of dental floss particularly for hygienic maintenance of titanium abutments which is in the form of a ribbon or an elongated strip of woven or non-woven flexible moisture-absorbent material having adequate strength when wet to resist breaking when pulled back and forth adjacent teeth abutments or implant abutments and over gum tissue and is sufficiently soft when wet to avoid scratching the abutments and cutting into or abrading the gum tissue. A relatively stiff leader at one end of the strip serves to thread the strip between teeth and under bridges and bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Richard J. Lazzara
    Inventors: Richard J. Lazzara, Anita H. Daniels
  • Dental scaling instrument
    Patent number: 5244390
    Abstract: A dental scaler particularly for scaling artificial dental abutments made of a material that is softer than natural dentition, such as titanium and its dilute alloys, without scratching the surface of the abutment. Two embodiments of the scaler are disclosed; in one the scaler tip has a contact surface that is softer than the abutment surface; in the other the contact surface has a contact edge that is rounded to avoid scratching the abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Lazzara, Keith D. Beaty, Anita H. Daniels