Patents by Inventor Frank Witte
Frank Witte 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).
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Patent number: 11801123Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, tooth attachment placement (TAP) device or for assisting a user in placing one or more appliances or attachments on one or more teeth is disclosed. The TAP device comprises single tooth jigs connected through splines. The geometry of the device is automatically designed in the treatment planning unified workstation, thereby generating a digital STL file. Then the device is created from a non-flexible biocompatible material by a 3D printer in accordance with the digital STL file. Appliance, for example, may be a bracket or a bracket shim; and the attachment may be an aligner attachment or a pad. Different embodiments of the TAP device are disclosed. Methods for verifying the accuracy of the placements of the brackets on the teeth using the TAP device are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Frank Witte, Friedrich Riemeier, Rohit Sachdeva, Phillip Getto
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Patent number: 11291548Abstract: A screw suitable for use specifically in the field of oral dental surgery consists of a bioresorbable material and comprises a drive that can be broken off by means of a predetermined breaking point and/or has a thickened shaft below the contact surface of a cap of the head of the screw.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Botiss Biomaterials GmbHInventors: Oliver Bielenstein, Drazen Tadic, Frank Witte, Romano Matthys
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Publication number: 20210308741Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least one revolute joint defining at least one rotation axes and at least one prismatic joints defining at least one translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Friedrich RIEMEIER, Werner BUTSCHER, Frank WITTE, Christoph RADINGER, Andrew CORDELL, Rohit SACHDEVA
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Patent number: 11072021Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Publication number: 20210068928Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, tooth attachment placement (TAP) device or for assisting a user in placing one or more appliances or attachments on one or more teeth is disclosed. The TAP device comprises single tooth jigs connected through splines. The geometry of the device is automatically designed in the treatment planning unified workstation, thereby generating a digital STL file. Then the device is created from a non-flexible biocompatible material by a 3D printer in accordance with the digital STL file. Appliance, for example, may be a bracket or a bracket shim; and the attachment may be an aligner attachment or a pad. Different embodiments of the TAP device are disclosed. Methods for verifying the accuracy of the placements of the brackets on the teeth using the TAP device are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Frank WITTE, Friedrich RIEMEIER, Rohit SACHDEVA, Phillip GETTO
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Patent number: 10869738Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, tooth attachment placement (TAP) device or for assisting a user in placing one or more appliances or attachments on one or more teeth is disclosed. The TAP device comprises single tooth jigs connected through splines. The geometry of the device is automatically designed in the treatment planning unified workstation, thereby generating a digital STL file. Then the device is created from a non-flexible biocompatible material by a 3D printer in accordance with the digital STL file. Appliance, for example, may be a bracket or a bracket shim; and the attachment may be an aligner attachment or a pad. Different embodiments of the TAP device are disclosed. Methods for verifying the accuracy of the placements of the brackets on the teeth using the TAP device are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Frank Witte, Friedrich Riemeier, Rohit Sachdeva, Phillip Getto
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Patent number: 10709816Abstract: The invention relates to implants that are implanted into living beings as temporary implants and that disintegrate in the body through biological adsorption over a period of time, in addition to a process for producing aforesaid implants. The implant according to the invention consists of magnesium or a magnesium master alloy. It is formed from fibers of magnesium or a magnesium master alloy that are connected to one another through sintering bridges that are locally spaced vis-à-vis each other and form an open-pored body. The fibers may be produced with the help of the melt extraction process and may subsequently be sintered with one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Fraunhofer-Gesekkschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Olaf Andersen, Ingrid Morgenthal, Thomas Studnitzky, Frank Witte
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Publication number: 20200179120Abstract: The invention relates to a screw, which is used specifically in the field of oral dental surgery. The screw consists of a bioresorbable material and comprises a drive that can be broken off by means of a predetermined breaking point and/or has a thickened shaft below the contact surface of a cap of the head of the screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Botiss Biomaterials GmbHInventors: Oliver BIELENSTEIN, Drazen TADIC, Frank WITTE, Romano MATTHYS
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Publication number: 20190001396Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Patent number: 10130987Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Patent number: 10076780Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Publication number: 20180055605Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, tooth attachment placement (TAP) device or for assisting a user in placing one or more appliances or attachments on one or more teeth is disclosed. The TAP device comprises single tooth jigs connected through splines. The geometry of the device is automatically designed in the treatment planning unified workstation, thereby generating a digital STL file. Then the device is created from a non-flexible biocompatible material by a 3D printer in accordance with the digital STL file. Appliance, for example, may be a bracket or a bracket shim; and the attachment may be an aligner attachment or a pad. Different embodiments of the TAP device are disclosed. Methods for verifying the accuracy of the placements of the brackets on the teeth using the TAP device are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Frank Witte, Friedrich Riemeier, Rohit Sachdeva, Phillip Getto
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Patent number: 9676026Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bioresorbable implant, wherein a magnesium alloy is formed into an implant. A melt is pressed into a die and gases in the die induce turbulence in the inflowing melt, thereby enclosing gas, so that the porous implant is formed with a porosity, which increases from outside inwardly. The surface of the implant is substantially free from open pores.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: AAP Implantate AGInventors: Frank Witte, Norbert Hort, Marco Wolfstadter, Bernd Frohlich, Wolfgang Voith, Hans-Joachim Fischer
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Patent number: 9610628Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: ORAMETRIX, INC.Inventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Publication number: 20160228214Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an interface attachment device which is customized on one side for placement on a patient's tooth surface and locked on to the bottom or base of a bracket on the other side is disclosed. The combination of the interface attachment device and the bracket is bonded to the surface of a tooth for an orthodontic treatment of the patient. One or more interface attachment devices, with or without brackets, can be precisely placed and bonded to the corresponding surfaces of one or more teeth of a patient using a tooth attachment placement device created for the patient. The locking mechanism between the interface attachment and the bracket can be (a) form-locked, i.e. male/female arrangement, (b) friction-locked (i.e. using spring, magnetism, shape memory phase shift, shrinkage, etc.), (c) combination of (a) and (b), or (d) any other type. The interface attachment can be attached to the tooth surface by any kind of adhesive or composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: ORAMETRIX, INC.Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Frank Witte, Friedrich Riemeier
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Publication number: 20160114377Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: OraMetrix, IncInventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Publication number: 20160114378Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: OraMetrix, IncInventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
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Publication number: 20160095670Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the invention, tooth attachment placement (TAP) device or for assisting a user in placing one or more appliances or attachments on one or more teeth is disclosed. The TAP device comprises single tooth jigs connected through splines. The geometry of the device is automatically designed in the treatment planning unified workstation, thereby generating a digital STL file. Then the device is created from a non-flexible biocompatible material by a 3D printer in accordance with the digital STL file. Appliance, for example, may be a bracket or a bracket shim; and the attachment may be an aligner attachment or a pad. Different embodiments of the TAP device are disclosed. Methods for verifying the accuracy of the placements of the brackets on the teeth using the TAP device are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: ORAMETRIX, INC.Inventors: Frank Witte, Friedrich Riemeier, Rohit Sachdeva, Phillip Getto
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Publication number: 20150114840Abstract: An antibacterial coating that is composed of silver is disclosed, as well as medical tools and implants comprising such a coating, and a method and an apparatus for the production of such a coating. The medical tools or the dental or orthopaedic implant comprises a metal or metal alloy having a treated surface wherein the treated surface is at least partially converted to an oxide film by plasma electrolytic oxidation using a colloid-dispersed system and wherein the converted surface is partially covered by islands formed by colloid-dispersed silver-particles of the colloid-dispersed system. An Ag—TiO2 coating shows excellent properties in terms of antibacterial efficacy (even against multi-resistant strains), adhesion and biocompatibility. The life-time of an implant in a human body is increased. The antibacterial coating can be used in the field of traumatology, orthopaedic, osteosynthesis and/or endoprothesis, especially where high infection risk exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Elvira Dingeldein, Cyrille Gasqueres, Frank Witte, Amir Eliezer
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Publication number: 20150053364Abstract: The invention relates to an implant from a magnesium alloy, in which porosity increases towards the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Frank WITTE, Norbert HORT, Marco WOLFSTADTER, Bernd FROHLICH, Wolfgang VOITH, Hans-Joachim FISCHER