Patents by Inventor Luke A. Mitlyng

Luke A. Mitlyng 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).

  • System and method for reducing environmental crematorial release of mercury from mercury-containing dental amalgam
    Patent number: 8402619
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides for a simple, economical system and method for reducing environmental release of dental amalgamous mercury from teeth caused by cremation of corpses. The invention controls and reduces the amount of mercury released using a pre-crematorial and non-disfiguring system and method. The system of the invention can include a dental containment and applicator delivery system to apply a curable thermal protectant composition onto the teeth. The composition coating significantly inhibits the extent of thermal destruction of the tooth per se including its amalgam filling content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Minnesota Funeral Directors Association
    Inventors: Benjamin Arcand, Bryan N. Rolfes, Nikhil M. Murdeshwar, Joseph E. Hale, Steven M. Johnson, Luke A. Mitlyng, Joseph Mullenbach, Kristopher I. Kapphahn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL CREMATORIAL RELEASE OF MERCURY FROM MERCURY-CONTAINING DENTAL AMALGAM
    Publication number: 20100132173
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides for a simple, economical system and method for reducing environmental release of dental amalgamous mercury from teeth caused by cremation of corpses. The invention controls and reduces the amount of mercury released using a pre-crematorial and non-disfiguring system and method. The system of the invention can include a dental containment and applicator delivery system to apply a curable thermal protectant composition onto the teeth. The composition coating significantly inhibits the extent of thermal destruction of the tooth per se including its amalgam filling content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Benjamin Arcand, Bryan N. Rolfes, Nikhil M. Murdeshwar, Joseph E. Hale, Steven M. Johnson, Luke A. Mitlyng, Joseph Mullenbach, Kristopher I. Kapphahn