Patents by Inventor Jan Akervall
Jan Akervall 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).
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Patent number: 11419752Abstract: Disclosed is a dental appliance composed of a thermo-plastic polymer with low compressibility, high toughness, and high tensile strength, with a low softening point. The appliance has perforations that enable it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The appliance begins as an unformed dental tray that is significantly thinner than existing dental appliances. Once fitted, the dental appliance provides superior protection against damage to the enamel of the teeth and abrasion of the teeth due to bruxism or other mechanism leading to biomechanical wear of dental surfaces. The perforations facilitate the custom-fitting process by allowing the user to suck air through the perforations, thus applying a negative pressure between the material and the teeth while the material is still soft and pliable.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jan Akervall, Charlotte Akervall, Johann W. Schwank
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Publication number: 20210361472Abstract: Disclosed is a dental appliance composed of a thermo-plastic polymer with low compressibility, high toughness, and high tensile strength, with a low softening point. The appliance has perforations that enable it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The appliance begins as an unformed dental tray that is significantly thinner than existing dental appliances. Once fitted, the dental appliance provides superior protection against damage to the enamel of the teeth and abrasion of the teeth due to bruxism or other mechanism leading to biomechanical wear of dental surfaces. The perforations facilitate the custom-fitting process by allowing the user to suck air through the perforations, thus applying a negative pressure between the material and the teeth while the material is still soft and pliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Jan Akervall, Charlotte Akervall, Johann W. Schwank
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Publication number: 20210236325Abstract: Disclosed is a dental appliance composed of a thermo-plastic polymer with low compressibility, high toughness, and high tensile strength, with a low softening point. The appliance has perforations that enable it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The appliance begins as an unformed dental tray that is significantly thinner than existing dental appliances. Once fitted, the dental appliance provides superior protection against damage to the enamel of the teeth and abrasion of the teeth due to bruxism or other mechanism leading to biomechanical wear of dental surfaces. The perforations facilitate the custom-fitting process by allowing the user to suck air through the perforations, thus applying a negative pressure between the material and the teeth while the material is still soft and pliable. This enables a user or health professional to within minutes create a final product that rivals the quality and fit of an appliance made by dental laboratories using dentist made impressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Jan Akervall, Charlotte Akervall, Johann W. Schwank
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Patent number: 10945874Abstract: Disclosed is a dental appliance composed of a thermo-plastic polymer with low compressibility, high toughness, and high tensile strength, with a low softening point. The appliance has perforations that enable it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The appliance begins as a generally U-shaped, unformed dental tray that is significantly thinner than existing dental appliances. Once fitted, the dental appliance provides superior protection against damage to the enamel of the teeth and abrasion of the teeth due to bruxism or other mechanism leading to biomechanical wear of dental surfaces. The perforations facilitate the custom-fitting process by allowing the user to suck air through the perforations, thus applying a negative pressure between the material and the teeth while the material is still soft and pliable.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jan Akervall, Charlotte Akervall, Johann W. Schwank
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Patent number: 9616314Abstract: A dental appliance is disclosed designed to protect a wearer's dentitions against injury from impacts suffered in sports or other activities that can cause chipping, fracturing, dislodging or evulsion of teeth. The appliance may be custom-fittable with at least one pocket having an energy absorbing fluid. The energy absorbing fluid be nanosuspensions of small particles in viscous fluids that can undergo shear thickening when the dental appliance is struck by an object. The appliance dampens and diffuses horizontal and axial forces and directs them away from dentitions thereby reducing the risk for dental injuries.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Johann Schwank, Valarie Thomas, Jan Akervall
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Patent number: 9517400Abstract: A mouth guard composed of a polymer consisting essentially of polycaprolactone exhibits a low softening point, enabling it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The material is provided in the form of a generally U-shaped, unformed sheet of material, enabling the material to be heated with hot water or microwave energy and custom-fitted to the dentition of a user. The mouth guard may be perforated and may include a no-stick layer and/or a flavoring agent. A plurality of mouth guards may be provided in different sizes for children and adults and different shapes for different sports. In the preferred embodiments the mouth guard has a periphery including a plurality of lobes and cusps to enhance fitting. A method of fabricating an improved mouth guard according to the invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jan Akervall, Johann Schwank
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Publication number: 20160263466Abstract: A dental appliance is disclosed designed to protect a wearer's dentitions against injury from impacts suffered in sports or other activities that can cause chipping, fracturing, dislodging or evulsion of teeth. The appliance may be custom-fittable with at least one pocket having an energy absorbing fluid. The energy absorbing fluid be nanosuspensions of small particles in viscous fluids that can undergo shear thickening when the dental appliance is struck by an object. The appliance dampens and diffuses horizontal and axial forces and directs them away from dentitions thereby reducing the risk for dental injuries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Johann Schwank, Valarie Thomas, Jan Akervall
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Patent number: 9370707Abstract: A dental appliance is disclosed designed to protect a wearer's dentitions against injury from impacts suffered in sports or other activities that can cause chipping, fracturing, dislodging or evulsion of teeth. The appliance may be custom-fittable with at least one pocket having an energy absorbing fluid. The energy absorbing fluid be nanosuspensions of small particles in viscous fluids that can undergo shear thickening when the dental appliance is struck by an object. The appliance dampens and diffuses horizontal and axial forces and directs them away from dentitions thereby reducing the risk for dental injuries.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Johann Schwank, Valarie Thomas, Jan Akervall
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Dental appliance and method of protecting dentitions during a transoral procedure with the appliance
Patent number: 9302063Abstract: A dental appliance for protecting teeth has two front flaps separated by a forward cusp, and two side flaps separated from the forward front flaps by side cusps. An open area is provided in each of the forward front flaps. The appliance may also have a rear palate portion with a rear cusp. The appliance may have a line of symmetry that extends from the forward cusp to the rear cusp. Open spaces may be distributed throughout the sheet of material. A method of protecting the dentition of a patient during a transoral procedure or intubation includes the steps of providing the appliance in a planar first state and placing the appliance in the mouth of a patient so the patient's dentition crowns are located along a bite line on the appliance. The method also includes molding the appliance into a second, non-planar state to conform to the patient's dentition and palate so that the dentition are protected during the transoral procedure or intubation.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jan Akervall, Valarie Thomas, Johann Walter Schwank -
DENTAL APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF PROTECTING DENTITIONS DURING A TRANSORAL PROCEDURE WITH THE APPLIANCE
Publication number: 20160001027Abstract: A dental appliance for protecting teeth has two front flaps separated by a forward cusp, and two side flaps separated from the forward front flaps by side cusps. An open area is provided in each of the forward front flaps. The appliance may also have a rear palate portion with a rear cusp. The appliance may have a line of symmetry that extends from the forward cusp to the rear cusp. Open spaces may be distributed throughout the sheet of material. A method of protecting the dentition of a patient during a transoral procedure or intubation includes the steps of providing the appliance in a planar first state and placing the appliance in the mouth of a patient so the patient's dentition crowns are located along a bite line on the appliance. The method also includes molding the appliance into a second, non-planar state to conform to the patient's dentition and palate so that the dentition are protected during the transoral procedure or intubation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Jan Akervall, Valarie Thomas, Johann Walter Schwank -
Publication number: 20150328526Abstract: A dental appliance is disclosed designed to protect a wearer's dentitions against injury from impacts suffered in sports or other activities that can cause chipping, fracturing, dislodging or evulsion of teeth. The appliance may be custom-fittable with at least one pocket having an energy absorbing fluid. The energy absorbing fluid be nanosuspensions of small particles in viscous fluids that can undergo shear thickening when the dental appliance is struck by an object. The appliance dampens and diffuses horizontal and axial forces and directs them away from dentitions thereby reducing the risk for dental injuries.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Johann Schwank, Valarie Thomas, Jan Akervall
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Publication number: 20140338675Abstract: Disclosed is a dental appliance composed of a thermo-plastic polymer with low compressibility, high toughness, and high tensile strength, with a low softening point. The appliance has perforations that enable it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The appliance begins as a generally U-shaped, unformed dental tray that is significantly thinner than existing dental appliances. Once fitted, the dental appliance provides superior protection against damage to the enamel of the teeth and abrasion of the teeth due to bruxism or other mechanism leading to biomechanical wear of dental surfaces. The perforations facilitate the custom-fitting process by allowing the user to suck air through the perforations, thus applying a negative pressure between the material and the teeth while the material is still soft and pliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Akervall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jan Akervall, Sassa Akervall, Johannes W. Schwank
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Publication number: 20140213472Abstract: A method for predicting the response to treatment in a patient suffering from a head or neck cancer including: obtaining a biological sample for the patient; measuring the expression level of several gene and using the measurement to predict a patient's response to treatment. The methods may include predicting the treatment response in a patient having virally-induced head or neck cancer; and/or using the prediction to treat the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: William Beaumont HospitalInventors: JAN A. AKERVALL, Bryan J. Thibodeau, George D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20110263442Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for predicting patient responses to cancer treatment using the biomarkers: YAP-1, bcl-2, VEGF-c, c-met, and claudin-4.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventor: Jan Akervall
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Publication number: 20090038624Abstract: A mouth guard composed of a polymer consisting essentially of polycaprolactone exhibits a low softening point, enabling it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The material is provided in the form of a generally U-shaped, unformed sheet of material, enabling the material to be heated with hot water or microwave energy and custom-fitted to the dentition of a user. The mouth guard may be perforated and may include a no-stick layer and/or a flavoring agent. A plurality of mouth guards may be provided in different sizes for children and adults and different shapes for different sports. In the preferred embodiments the mouth guard has a periphery including a plurality of lobes and cusps to enhance fitting. A method of fabricating an improved mouth guard according to the invention is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Jan Akervall, Johannes W. Schwank
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Patent number: 6341608Abstract: According to the present invention, a tumor to be surgically removed is coated with a tissue adhesive composition before resection thereof. Thus, the tissue adhesive composition functions as a protective membrane which aids to hold the tumor together during mechanical handling and resection thereof, thereby significantly reducing tumor spillage and the danger of subsequent implantation metastases.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1999Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Inventor: Jan Akervall