Patents by Inventor Phillip P. Ho

Phillip P. Ho 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).

  • Publication number: 20080280250
    Abstract: A facial plane relator has an arch, a horizontal plane and a vertical plane. The arch has an outer edge with a protrusion having two ends, an outer edge, a through hole and a clamp. The through hole is defined transversely through the ends of the protrusion. The clamp is mounted on the outer edge of the protrusion. The horizontal plane is mounted longitudinally in the through hole and has a front, a rear and two horizontal openings defined through the horizontal plane from the front to the rear. The vertical plane is clamped by the clamp of the arch, allows the vertical plane to be perpendicular to the horizontal plane and has a front, a rear and two vertical openings defined through the vertical plane from the front to the rear. The facial plane relator is aligned conveniently and accurately with patient's face through the vertical and horizontal openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Phillip P. Ho
  • Patent number: 5951285
    Abstract: An improved dental sandblasting confiner in the form of a flexible walled transparent cup which has an internal chamber. The cup includes an inlet opening formed within an interior sleeve which extends within the internal chamber. A dispensing nozzle is to be conducted through the interior sleeve with the exterior surface of the dispensing nozzle forming a snug fit with the inlet opening. The tip of the dispensing nozzle is located within the internal chamber. Included within the cup and opposite the inlet opening is an access opening which is to surround a portion of the tooth that is to be repaired. Also included within the cup is an outlet opening with dispensed sand from the sandblasting tool to be discharged through the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventor: Phillip P. Ho
  • Patent number: 5356292
    Abstract: A dental sandblasting confiner in the form of a flexible walled transparent cup which has an enlarged inlet opening through which is to be conducted the dispensing nozzle and tip of the sandblasting tool. Included within the cup and opposite the inlet opening is an access opening which is to surround a portion of the tooth that is to be repaired. Also included within the cup is an outlet opening with dispensed sand from the sandblasting tool to be discharged through the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Inventor: Phillip P. Ho