Patents by Inventor Ill-Mo Rhew

Ill-Mo Rhew 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: 8491304
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture for a dental implant that serves as a replacement for a missing tooth and is implanted in the maxillary or mandibular bone. In this fixture invention the R/S border (the border between the rough and smooth surfaces) is formed to be inclined to a plane perpendicular to the long axis (central axis) of the dental implant fixture. The dental implant fixture prevents a marked decrease in the support for the dental implant due to bone reduction procedure in a patient having inclined bone crest, eliminates disadvantages in the aspects of expenses caused by the application of guided bone regeneration technique and also removes inconvenience of long operation time and possible infection, and also has a remarkable advantage of making convenient one-staged surgery possible in many cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Ill-Mo Rhew
  • Publication number: 20080213728
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture for a dental implant that serves as a replacement for a missing tooth and is implanted in the maxillary or mandibular bone. In this fixture invention the R/S border (the border between the rough and smooth surfaces) is formed to be inclined to a plane perpendicular to the long axis (central axis) of the dental implant fixture. The dental implant fixture prevents a marked decrease in the support for the dental implant due to bone reduction procedure in a patient having inclined bone crest, eliminates disadvantages in the aspects of expenses caused by the application of guided bone regeneration technique and also removes inconvenience of long operation time and possible infection, and also has a remarkable advantage of making convenient one-staged surgery possible in many cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Ill-Mo Rhew