Patents by Inventor Fredrik Engman

Fredrik Engman 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: 20020177105
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a threaded implant intended to be screwed into bone, preferably into jawbone, and for tightly fitting a prosthesis, including a spacer portion in the screwed-in position. The implant body has an internal connection arrangement for rotationally locking said spacer, said arrangement also cooperating during positioning and insertion of the implant body with a tool and said arrangement having a low vertical height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventor: Fredrik Engman
  • Patent number: 6375465
    Abstract: A rotationally symmetrical anchoring element made of biocompatible material for anchoring into bone tissue. A circumferential surface includes a lower portion adapted to be incorporated with bone tissue and an upper portion that is located outside the bone tissue following implantation. The upper portion is adapted for attachment of a spacer piece or prosthetic structure thereto. The upper portion includes an unthreaded conical portion having a diameter that increases with increasing distance away from an upper end gable surface of the element. The conical portion forms a bearing surface for cooperation with a conical surface of the spacer piece or the prosthetic structure. The conical surface matching the conical portion. An external thread provided at a top of the upper portion secures the conical surface of the spacer piece or the prosthetic structure against the conical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Engman, Dan Lundgren