Patents by Inventor John P. Stipek, JR.

John P. Stipek, JR. 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).

  • Physical and virtual systems for recording and simulating dental motion having 3D curvilinear guided pathways and timing controls
    Patent number: 11432919
    Abstract: One embodiment of the apparatus and method comprises a physical recording instrument (2000) for forming a right and a left side engraved analog (150), the analogs (150) being subsequently attached to a physical articulating instrument (3000), the analogs (150) with timing controls then serving as guides for simulating the motion of mounted patient dental models (142). Another embodiment comprises a digital recording system (4000) for generating the right and left side virtual engraved analogs (150), the analogs (150) being subsequently milled or digitally formed in a CNC rapid prototyping machine, the analogs (150) then being attached to the physical articulating instrument (3000), the analogs (150) with the timing controls serving as guides for simulating the motion. Some of the foregoing embodiments facilitate production of technologist fabricated dental restorative and orthodontic treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: John P. Stipek, Sr., John P. Stipek, Jr.
  • PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SYSTEMS FOR RECORDING AND SIMULATING DENTAL MOTION HAVING 3D CURVILINEAR GUIDED PATHWAYS AND TIMING CONTROLS
    Publication number: 20180110603
    Abstract: One embodiment of the apparatus and method comprises a physical recording instrument (2000) for forming a right and a left side engraved analog (150), the analogs (150) being subsequently attached to a physical articulating instrument (3000), the analogs (150) with timing controls then serving as guides for simulating the motion of mounted patient dental models (142). Another embodiment comprises a digital recording system (4000) for generating the right and left side virtual engraved analogs (150), the analogs (150) being subsequently milled or digitally formed in a CNC rapid prototyping machine, the analogs (150) then being attached to the physical articulating instrument (3000), the analogs (150) with the timing controls serving as guides for simulating the motion. Some of the foregoing embodiments facilitate production of technologist fabricated dental restorative and orthodontic treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: John P. Stipek, SR., John P. Stipek, JR., Arun Prasad