Patents by Inventor Joel Aschkenasy

Joel Aschkenasy 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 OF TREATING DENTAL PERIAPICAL LESIONS
    Publication number: 20110039234
    Abstract: A method of treating a dental periapical lesion at an apex of a tooth root canal, by accessing the dental periapical lesion via the root canal; and removing the dental periapical lesion via the root canal. In the described preferred embodiments, the dental periapical lesion is accessed via an opening made in the tooth crown leading to the root canal; and the dental periapical lesion is removed by passing a rotary ablating device through the tooth crown, the root canal, and the apex, into engagement with the periapical lesion, rotating the ablating device to ablate the dental periapical lesion, and removing debris produced by the ablation of the periapical lesion via the root canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Apexum Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronen Huber, Joel Aschkenasy, Idan Tobias
  • Method of Treating Dental Periapical Lesions
    Publication number: 20090258330
    Abstract: A method of treating a dental periapical lesion at an apex of a tooth root canal, by accessing the dental periapical lesion via the root canal; and removing the dental periapical lesion via the root canal. In the described preferred embodiments, the dental periapical lesion is accessed via an opening made in the tooth crown leading to the root canal; and the dental periapical lesion is removed by passing a rotary ablating device through the tooth crown, the root canal, and the apex, into engagement with the periapical lesion, rotating the ablating device to ablate the dental periapical lesion, and removing debris produced by the ablation of the periapical lesion via the root canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Apexum Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronen Huber, Joel Aschkenasy, Idan Tobis
  • Ablating Apparatus Particularly Useful for Removal of Dental Periapical Lesions
    Publication number: 20090176188
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing a dental periapical lesion at an apex of a root canal in a tooth, includes: an ablating device sized and constructed for (a) introduction through a cavity in the tooth into the root canal; (b) movement therethrough to protrude through the apex into contact with the dental periapical lesion; and (c) rotation while in contact with the dental periapical lesion in order to remove same by ablation. In some described embodiments, the ablating device includes a sleeve and a filament moveable therein to define a protruding curved end to be brought into contact with the dental periapical lesion for ablation thereof by rotation of the filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Apexum Ltd.
    Inventors: Idan Tobis, Joel Aschkenasy, Ronen Huber