Patents by Inventor Patricio CARRASCO TAPIA

Patricio CARRASCO TAPIA 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, systems and kit for forensic identification, post mortem interval estimation and cause of death determination by recovery of dental tissue in physiological conditions
    Patent number: 10648893
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for obtaining dental pulp and root cement in the forensic dentistry field, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a tooth; (b) taking a digital radiography to the tooth; (c) external rehydrating of the tooth; (d) perforating the rehydrated tooth; (e) internal rehydrating of dentin pulp complex (f) obtaining rehydrated root cement; (g) obtaining rehydrated dental pulp content with a low speed rotation tool; and (h) storing, preservation, processing and/or analyses of the rehydrated dental pulp content and rehydrated root cement, and the use of this method and kits thereof for forensic identification, estimation of post mortem interval (early and late) and determination of possible causes of death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
    Inventors: Carolina Inostroza Silva, Patricio Carrasco Tapia
  • METHOD, SYSTEMS AND KIT FOR FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION, POST MORTEM INTERVAL ESTIMATION AND CAUSE OF DEATH DETERMINATION BY RECOVERY OF DENTAL TISSUE IN PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20160123853
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for obtaining dental pulp and root cement in the forensic dentistry field, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a tooth; (b) taking a digital radiography to the tooth; (c) external rehydrating of the tooth; (d) perforating the rehydrated tooth; (e) internal rehydrating of dentin pulp complex (f) obtaining rehydrated root cement; (g) obtaining rehydrated dental pulp content with a low speed rotation tool; and (h) storing, preservation, processing and/or analyses of the rehydrated dental pulp content and rehydrated root cement, and the use of this method and kits thereof for forensic identification, estimation of post mortem interval (early and late) and determination of possible causes of death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Carolina INOSTROZA SILVA, Patricio CARRASCO TAPIA