Patents by Inventor Ian Katz

Ian Katz 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: 20240420841
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of mitigating domain shift. The method includes accessing a first imaging data set having one or more first images from a first site and accessing a second imaging data set having one or more second images from a second site. The one or more first images respectively include a first on-target region. The one or more second images respectively include a second off-target region. The first on-target region is modified using the second off-target region to generate a calibrated first on-target region. The calibrated first on-target region has a first domain shift with respect to the second off-target region and the first on-target region has a second domain shift with respect to the first on-target region. The first domain shift is smaller than the second domain shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yufei Zhou, Can Koyuncu, Cheng Lu, Rainer Grobholz, Ian Katz, Anant Madabhushi, Andrew Janowczyk
  • Patent number: 8858228
    Abstract: Method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper orientation to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post device with x-ray visible depth markers in the root socket of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. The post device may additionally be configured to guide the drill at a position and angle that is different from that of the original tooth socket. This post device is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root socket is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Howard Ian Katz
  • Patent number: 8535055
    Abstract: A method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper angle and orientation so as to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post with x-ray visible depth markers in the root of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. This post, along with guideblocks, optional washers, reduction or expansion guides, and rapidly hardening guide materials (such as acrylics or thermosetting materials) is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventor: Howard Ian Katz
  • Publication number: 20120251978
    Abstract: A method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper angle and orientation so as to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post with x-ray visible depth markers in the root of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. This post, along with guideblocks, optional washers, reduction or expansion guides, and rapidly hardening guide materials (such as acrylics or thermosetting materials) is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Howard Ian Katz
  • Publication number: 20120251974
    Abstract: Method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper orientation to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post device with x-ray visible depth markers in the root socket of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. The post device may additionally be configured to guide the drill at a position and angle that is different from that of the original tooth socket. This post device is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root socket is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Howard Ian Katz
  • Publication number: 20110256502
    Abstract: A dental wrench device to loosen and extract teeth, comprising a handle with a fixed tapered jaw. A moveable jaw is also coupled to the handle. The tapered jaw is positioned along the root of a tooth selected to be extracted. The moveable jaw has a blunt contoured shape configured to grasp the gum and bone on the opposite side of the selected tooth at a level below the crown of the tooth. The device is applied and tightened around the selected tooth by turning a thumbscrew, or other jaw movement interface, that moves the moveable jaw end closer to the fixed tapered jaw end until the tooth is tightly gripped by the device. Once the wrench is locked into position, force may then be applied to extract the tooth. The device may also incorporate an optional force feedback gauge to warn the operator when excessive force is being applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Howard Ian Katz