Patents by Inventor Carlos Alberto Munoz

Carlos Alberto Munoz 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).

  • Publication number: 20220204888
    Abstract: Opaque cleaning compositions substantially free of opacifying agents and pearlizers, and methods for the same are disclosed. The cleaning composition may include a synergistic combination of a surfactant system and one or more salts. The surfactant system may include a nonionic surfactant and two anionic surfactants, and the one or more salts may include a multivalent ion. In some examples, the cleaning composition is free of thickeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Maria Antonieta VALDES VERGARA, Carlos Alberto MUNOZ CARRILLO, Jose Manuel HOFFMANN ALVAREZ
  • Patent number: 10321975
    Abstract: A method for continuously evaluating the effectiveness of debridement of a root canal of a tooth, the tooth having an open access cavity and an apex end, includes delivering a fluid to the open access cavity of the tooth, evacuating the fluid near the apex end of the tooth such that the fluid flushes most of the root canal before being evacuated, and continuously evaluating the evacuated fluid for at least one of a presence of debris, a concentration level of the debris, or a type of the debris. An apparatus for use in debriding a root canal of a tooth includes a microcannula or a macrocannula configured to evacuate a fluid in the root canal, and a sensing mechanism fluidically coupled to the microcannula or the macrocannula, the sensing mechanism configured to continuously sense debris in the evacuated fluid in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Ormco Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Burns, Emanuele Maretto, Abhigyan Som, Carlos Alberto Munoz, Matteo Bosisio, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Tuyen Nguyen, M. Reza Mehrabi
  • Publication number: 20170340413
    Abstract: A method for continuously evaluating the effectiveness of debridement of a root canal of a tooth, the tooth having an open access cavity and an apex end, includes delivering a fluid to the open access cavity of the tooth, evacuating the fluid near the apex end of the tooth such that the fluid flushes most of the root canal before being evacuated, and continuously evaluating the evacuated fluid for at least one of a presence of debris, a concentration level of the debris, or a type of the debris. An apparatus for use in debriding a root canal of a tooth includes a microcannula or a macrocannula configured to evacuate a fluid in the root canal, and a sensing mechanism fluidically coupled to the microcannula or the macrocannula, the sensing mechanism configured to continuously sense debris in the evacuated fluid in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Burns, Emanuele Maretto, Abhigyan Som, Carlos Alberto Munoz, Matteo Bosisio, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Tuyen Nguyen, M. Reza Mehrabi