Patents by Inventor Jiin-Huey Chern Lin

Jiin-Huey Chern Lin 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).

  • Method for forming a hardened cement in a bone cavity
    Publication number: 20040186481
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of hardening a bone cement under an exerted pressure in a bone cavity including preparing a cement paste; injecting said cement paste into a pocket placed in a bone cavity; and allowing the cement paste to harden in the pocket. Preferably, the pocket is opened after the cement paste is set, and the opened pocket is removed from the bone cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: CANA LAB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju
  • Method and device for forming a hardened cement in a bone cavity
    Publication number: 20040186480
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of hardening a bone cement under an exerted pressure in a bone cavity including preparing a cement paste; injecting said cement paste into a balloon placed in a bone cavity; and allowing the cement paste harden in the balloon. Preferably, the balloon is opened after the cement paste is set, and the opened balloon is removed from the bone cavity. The present invention also discloses a device for use in the method of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: CANA LAB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju
  • Tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP) having calcium phosphate whisker on surface and process for preparing the same
    Publication number: 20040175320
    Abstract: A tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP) particle for use in preparing a fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement is disclosed. The TTCP particle has a basic calcium phosphate whiskers on a surface thereof; the basic calcium phosphate whiskers having a Ca/P molar ratio greater than 1.33, and having a length up to about 5000 nm and a width up to about 500 nm. The basic calcium phosphate whiskers are substantially free of a hydroxyapatite phase and mainly composed of TTCP phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Calcitec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Cheng Chen, Kuan-Liang Lin, I-Chang Wang
  • Titanium alloy composition having a major phase of alpha"
    Publication number: 20040159374
    Abstract: Quenching a work piece made of a titanium alloy having a temperature higher than 800° C. to a temperature lower than 500° C. at a cooling rate greater than 10° C./second between 800° C. and 500° C. is used to render the cooled work piece containing &agr;” phase as a major phase. The titanium alloy composition contains at least one isomorphous beta stabilizing element selected from Mo, Nb, Ta and W; and the balance Ti, wherein said composition has a Mo equivalent value from about 6 to about 9. The work piece is preferably a medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicants: Jiin-Huey Chern LIN, Chien-Ping JU
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Chih-Min Lee
  • Titanium alloys having improved castability
    Publication number: 20040136859
    Abstract: In order to improve castability of a titanium alloy, 0.01-5 wt %, preferably 0.1-3 wt %, of bismuth is introduced into the titanium alloy, based on the weight of bismuth and the titanium alloy. The titanium alloy is suitable for making a dental casting or a medical implant by casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: CANA LAB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Wei Cheng, Dan Jae Lin, Chih-Min Lee
  • Medical implant made of biocompatible low modulus high strength titanium-niobium alloy and method of using the same
    Patent number: 6752882
    Abstract: A biocompatible binary titanium-niobium (Ti—Nb) alloy having a low modulus and a high strength, and containing &agr;″ phase as a major phase is disclosed. The binary Ti—Nb alloy contains 10-30 wt % of Nb, preferably 13-28 wt % of Nb, and the balance titanium, which is suitable for making a medical implant such as an orthopedic implant or dental implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Chih-Min Lee
  • Dental implant with hardened calcium phosphate cement inside
    Publication number: 20040081941
    Abstract: A dental implant to be installed in a predrilled bore formed in jawbone tissue for retaining a dental prosthesis, which includes a substantially cylindrical hollow base member having a wall defining a space in the hollow base member, and a plurality of through-thickness holes communicating said space with an outer surface of said wall; hardened calcium phosphate cement filled in the through-thickness holes and in at least a portion of the space; and a receiving member integrally formed at one end of the hollow base member for receiving a dental prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju
  • Process for making a work piece having a major phase of &agr; from a titanium alloy
    Patent number: 6726787
    Abstract: Quenching a work piece made of a titanium alloy having a temperature higher than 800° C. to a temperature lower than 500° C. at a cooling rate greater than 10° C./second between 800° C. and 500° C. is used to render the cooled work piece containing &agr;″ phase as a major phase. The titanium alloy composition contains at least one isomorphous beta stabilizing element selected from Mo, Nb, Ta and W; and the balance Ti, wherein said composition has a Mo equivalent value from about 6 to about 9. The work piece is preferably a medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Chih-Min Lee
  • Process for making a work piece having a major phase of &agr;? from a titanium alloy
    Patent number: 6723189
    Abstract: Quenching a work piece made of a titanium alloy having a temperature higher than 800° C. to a temperature lower than 500° C. at a cooling rate greater than 10° C./second between 800° C. and 500° C. is used to render the cooled work piece containing &agr;″ phase as a major phase. The work piece is preferably a medical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Chih-Min Lee, Wen-Fu Ho, Dan Jae Lin, Wen-Wei Cheng, Chia Wei Lin, Che Chin Yang
  • Calcium phosphate cement, use and preparation thereof
    Publication number: 20040031420
    Abstract: A calcium phosphate cement suitable for use in dental and bone prosthesis is disclosed, which include calcium phosphate particles having a diameter of 0.05 to 100 microns, wherein said calcium phosphate particles on their surfaces have whiskers or fine crystals having a width ranging from 1 to 100 nm and a length ranging from 1 to 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Cheng Chen
  • Tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP) having calcium phosphate whisker on surface
    Publication number: 20040003757
    Abstract: A tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP) particle for use in preparing a fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement is disclosed. The TTCP particle has a basic calcium phosphate whiskers or fine crystals on a surface thereof; the basic calcium phosphate whiskers or fine crystals having a Ca/P molar ratio greater than 1.33, and having a length up to about 5000 nm and a width up to about 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: CANA LAB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Cheng Chen, Kuan-Liang Lin, I-Chang Wang
  • Method of enhancing healing of interfacial gap between bone and tendon or ligament
    Publication number: 20030216777
    Abstract: Augmentation of the tendon-bond interfacial healing, for example the tendon-bond interfacial healing in the cruciate ligament reconstruction, by filling the interfacial gap with a paste of calcium phosphate cement, a paste of bioactive glass, or a paste of calcium sulfate is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Yin-Chun Tien, Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju
  • Method of shortening a working and setting time of a calcium phosphate cement (CPC) paste
    Patent number: 6648960
    Abstract: A method of shortening a working and setting time of a CPC paste without using additives or sacrificing its strength, which includes heating CPC powder so that the CPC powder is maintained at a temperature of 50-400° C. for a period of time which is greater than one minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Cana Lab Corporation
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Kuan-Liang Lin, Chih-Hung Tsai, I-Chang Wang, Wen-Cheng Chen
  • Process for preparing a paste from calcium phosphate cement
    Patent number: 6616742
    Abstract: A process for preparing a paste from calcium phosphate cement includes a) mixing an aqueous acidic solution and powder containing at least one of tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate; and b) mixing the resulting mixture from step a) and an aqueous basic solution to form a paste. The calcium phosphate cement paste is useful in dental and bone prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Cana Lab Corporation
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, I-Chang Wang, Kuan-Liang Lin
  • Removal partial denture free of palatal bar or lingual bar
    Publication number: 20030129563
    Abstract: The present invention involves a removable partial denture that does not have a palatal or lingual bar, strap or plate connecting both sides of an arch of the partial denture. In addition to the rests and/or clasps, it is held in position by the shape of the linguoplate, which conforms to the shape of the lingual surface of the teeth and alveolar mucosa, and the shape of a portion of the adjacent gum tissue of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Luh-Yuan Lin, Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju
  • Process for producing fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cements
    Publication number: 20030121450
    Abstract: A fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement is prepared by a process which can be carried out with a heat treatment up to 1000° C. on a mixture of a wetting solution and a calcium phosphate powder having a Ca to P molar ratio of 0.5-2.5. The wetting solution suitable for use in the process of the present invention includes water, an organic solvent, an acidic and basic solution. A setting solution for mixing with the heated powder to form the fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement may be water, an acidic or basic solution according to the process of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Kuan-Liang Lin, I-Chang Wang
  • Titanium having improved castability
    Patent number: 6572815
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low alloying element-doped titanium and a casting cast therefrom. The doped titanium of the present invention includes titanium and from about 0.01 to 3 percent by weight of an alloying metal selected from the group consisting of bismuth, silver, hafnium, tantalum, molybdenum, tin, niobium, chromium and copper based on the weight of the titanium. The doped titanium of the present invention has improved castability and a decreased surface tension compared with pure titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventors: Chien-Ping Ju, Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Wen-Wei Cheng
  • Process for making a work piece having a major phase of alpha" from a titanium alloy
    Publication number: 20030094222
    Abstract: Quenching a work piece made of a titanium alloy having a temperature higher than 800° C. to a temperature lower than 500° C. at a cooling rate greater than 10° C./second between 800° C. and 500° C. is used to render the cooled work piece containing &agr;″ phase as a major phase. The titanium alloy composition contains at least one isomorphous beta stabilizing element selected from Mo, Nb, Ta and W; and the balance Ti, wherein said composition has a Mo equivalent value from about 6 to about 9. The work piece is preferably a medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Chih-Min Lee
  • Process for preparing a paste from calcium phosphate cement
    Publication number: 20030078317
    Abstract: A process for preparing a paste from calcium phosphate cement includes a) mixing an aqueous acidic solution and powder containing at least one of tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate; and b) mixing the resulting mixture from step a) and an aqueous basic solution to form a paste. The calcium phosphate cement paste is useful in dental and bone prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, I-Chang Wang, Kuan-Liang Lin
  • Titanium alloys having improved castability
    Publication number: 20020179197
    Abstract: In order to improve castability of a titanium alloy, 0.1-5 wt %, preferably 0.5-3 wt %, of bismuth is doped, based on the weight of bismuth and the titanium alloy. The titanium alloy is for making a dental casting or a medical implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Jiin-Huey Chern LIN
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Wei Cheng