Patents by Inventor Peter B. Swanson

Peter B. Swanson 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 of manufacturing cutting flutes on a coated or roughened dental implant
    Patent number: 6626671
    Abstract: A dental implant may be prepared by roughening or coating a desired portion of a dental implant blank and removing material from the dental implant blank subsequent to roughening the dental implant blank. By removing material, a cutting flute with a cutting edge, cutting surface and collector surface may be formed. The cutting surface and collector surface is relatively smooth compared to the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Klardie, Jeremy M. Huotari, Thomas A. Tremmel, Peter B. Swanson