Patents by Inventor Bruno Zberg

Bruno Zberg 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: 11331171
    Abstract: A dental implant system including a dental implant (1) and an associated implant analog (50), the implant extending along a longitudinal axis (L1) from an apical end (101) to a coronal end (102) and having an external surface for anchoring and osseointegrating in bone, a coronal end portion (105) having abutment connection geometry for cooperating with an abutment which can be seated in one or more defined positions on the implant, the abutment connection geometry having a coronally facing abutment contact surface (128) which extends around the full circumference of the implant, and in use directly contacts the abutment and provides a stop defining the axial location of the abutment relative to the implant, the coronal end portion further having a coronally facing prosthesis contact surface (129) located radially beyond the abutment contact surface, the prosthesis contact surface being a continuous surface extending around the full circumference of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Straumann Holding AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kern, Boris Martin, Bruno Zberg, Andreas Gfeller
  • Publication number: 20200085543
    Abstract: A dental implant system including a dental implant (1) and an associated implant analog (50), the implant extending along a longitudinal axis (LI) from an apical end (101) to a coronal end (102) and having an external surface for anchoring and osseointegrating in bone, a coronal end portion (105) having abutment connection geometry for cooperating with an abutment which can be seated in one or more defined positions on the implant, the abutment connection geometry having a coronally facing abutment contact surface (128) which extends around the full circumference of the implant, and in use directly contacts the abutment and provides a stop defining the axial location of the abutment relative to the implant, the coronal end portion further having a coronally facing prosthesis contact surface (129) located radially beyond the abutment contact surface, the prosthesis contact surface being a continuous surface extending around the full circumference of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Straumann Holding AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kern, Boris Martin, Bruno Zberg, Andreas Gfeller
  • Patent number: 9345819
    Abstract: A marker alloy foreign implant made of a biodegradable metallic material and having the composition MgxYbyMz wherein x is equal to 10-60 atomic percent; y is equal to 40-90 atomic percent; z is equal to 0-10 atomic percent; M is one or more element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Zn, Au, Ga, Pd, Pt, Al, Sn, Ca, Nd, Ba, Si, and Ge; and wherein x, y, and z, together, and including contaminants caused by production, result in 100 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Bruno Zberg, Bodo Gerold, Joerg Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20110311456
    Abstract: A marker alloy foreign implant made of a biodegradable metallic material and having the composition MgxYbyMz wherein x is equal to 10-60 atomic percent; y is equal to 40-90 atomic percent; z is equal to 0-10 atomic percent; M is one or more element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Zn, Au, Ga, Pd, Pt, Al, Sn, Ca, Nd, Ba, Si, and Ge; and wherein x, y, and z, together, and including contaminants caused by production, result in 100 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Bruno Zberg, Bodo Gerold, Joerg Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20080033530
    Abstract: A marker alloy foreign implant made of a biodegradable metallic material and having the composition MgxYbyMz wherein x is equal to 10-60 atomic percent; y is equal to 40-90 atomic percent; z is equal to 0-10 atomic percent; M is one or more element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Zn, Au, Ga, Pd, Pt, Al, Sn, Ca, Nd, Ba, Si, and Ge; and wherein x, y, and z, together, and including contaminants caused by production, result in 100 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Bruno Zberg, Joerg Loeffler, Bodo Gerold