Patents by Inventor Patrick Palacci

Patrick Palacci 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).

  • Indicating device and a method for marking out and forming one or more attachment points for a fixture in an area of the human body, preferably the jaw
    Patent number: 5842859
    Abstract: A method and an indicating device for determining a location of a hole to be used as an attachment point for a fixture or fixture part on an area of the human body are disclosed. The indicating device comprises a bearing part which is adapted to be received in an existing hole and a protruding part interconnected with the bearing part and extending above the existing hole when the bearing part is inserted into the existing hole. At least one indicating part is interconnected with the protruding part and has a free end extending away from the existing hole, where a location of the new hole to be used as an attachment point is established at a position substantially adjacent to an exterior surface of the free end of the indicating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventor: Patrick Palacci