Patents by Inventor Luca Pedrinis

Luca Pedrinis 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).

  • Dental dam clamp
    Patent number: 7648361
    Abstract: A dental dam clamp comprises first and second spaced, opposing jaws and respective first and second tooth engaging portions on the jaws. The first and second tooth engaging portions are positioned in confronting relation to one another and are biased toward one another by a resilient member when the jaws are moved outwardly from a free state defining a first position of the jaws. In one embodiment, first ends of the tooth engaging portions are spaced closer together than the second ends of the tooth engaging portions when the jaws are in the first position. The spacing between the first ends of the tooth engaging portions may be substantially the same as the spacing between the second ends of the tooth engaging portions when the jaws are moved outwardly to a second position. In another embodiment, the tooth engaging portions include friction-increasing surfaces to help secure the clamp to a tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: KerrHawe SA
    Inventors: Beat Kilcher, Marco DaRold, Valerie Boscherini-DaSilva, Luca Pedrinis
  • DENTAL DAM CLAMP
    Publication number: 20080090205
    Abstract: A dental dam clamp comprises first and second spaced, opposing jaws and respective first and second tooth engaging portions on the jaws. The first and second tooth engaging portions are positioned in confronting relation to one another and are biased toward one another by a resilient member when the jaws are moved outwardly from a free state defining a first position of the jaws. In one embodiment, first ends of the tooth engaging portions are spaced closer together than the second ends of the tooth engaging portions when the jaws are in the first position. The spacing between the first ends of the tooth engaging portions may be substantially the same as the spacing between the second ends of the tooth engaging portions when the jaws are moved outwardly to a second position. In another embodiment, the tooth engaging portions include friction-increasing surfaces to help secure the clamp to a tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: KERRHAWE S.A.
    Inventors: Beat Kilcher, Marco Da Rold, Valerie Boscherini-Da Silva, Luca Pedrinis