Patents by Inventor Frank ZIMMERLING

Frank ZIMMERLING 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).

  • Occlusion determination device
    Patent number: 10016261
    Abstract: The invention relates to an occlusion determination device (10), with a bite frame (34) and an extraoral bracket (12) which are connected together, wherein a reference element has at least one vertical leg (19, 21) and at least one horizontal leg (14, 16) and is connected by way of a bipupillar linkage (24) to the bite frame (34). The reference element is designed as an extraoral bracket (12) which extends vertically offset from the bite frame (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baaske, Christian Frei, Frank Zimmerling, Ronny Watzke
  • Occlusion Determination Device
    Publication number: 20150327967
    Abstract: The invention relates to an occlusion determination device (10), with a bite frame (34) and an extraoral bracket (12) which are connected together, wherein a reference element has at least one vertical leg (19, 21) and at least one horizontal leg (14, 16) and is connected by way of a bipupillar linkage (24) to the bite frame (34). The reference element is designed as an extraoral bracket (12) which extends vertically offset from the bite frame (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas BAASKE, Christian FREI, Frank ZIMMERLING, Ronny WATZKE