Patents by Inventor Ewen E. J. Kirk

Ewen E. J. Kirk 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: 5108292
    Abstract: The present invention is a dental oral simulator designed to teach the skills an operator will require in practice when dealing with a supine patient in the ergonomically preferred work zone in the midsagittal plane at heart level and in myocentric relationship.Training jaws of the dental simulator are supported to simulate the movement of the jaws in a skull about the occipito-atlantal joint. A concave dish supported on the end or a mounting arm provides bearing support for a semi spherical bowl with the attachment between the bowl and the concave dish operating to allow controlled movement of the bowl through the range of useful dental treatment anatomical movements by a human skull about its occipito-atlantal joint with the mounting for the training jaws located on the mandible plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignees: The University of Otago, Medic Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Ewen E. J. Kirk, Tony Pemberton