Patents by Inventor Ignace Naert

Ignace Naert 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: 8590157
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods allowing the use of selective laser powder processing techniques for the production of medically acceptable prosthetic dental frameworks. The frameworks produced according to the present invention have high grade mechanical properties as well as a high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Layerwise N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Kruth, Ignace Naert, Ben Vandenbroucke
  • Publication number: 20100248187
    Abstract: To provide a dental abutment which is strongly adhered with a gingiva, can prevent invasion of bacteria into the jawbone, and hardly causes bone resorption and soft tissue shrinkage, a dental abutment (1) being fixed on the oral cavity inner side of a dental implant fixture (F) to penetrate a gingiva and becoming a base of a dental prosthesis (P) is structured such that a spiral projection or a plurality of ring-like projections having approximately equal intervals are formed along a circumferential direction on an outer periphery of the dental abutment contacting with the gingiva, and the projection has a width of 1 to 500 ?m and a height of 1 to 500 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Ignace NAERT, Tsuyoshi NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20080206710
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods allowing the use of selective laser powder processing techniques for the production of medically acceptable prosthetic dental frameworks. The frameworks produced according to the present invention have high grade mechanical properties as well as a high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Kruth, Ignace Naert, Ben Vandenbroucke