Patents by Inventor Robert G. Hale

Robert G. Hale 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: 20230233240
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacture of a dental implant for a molar, including acquiring, structural data corresponding to bones of the facial skeleton, the bones of the facial skeleton being proximate the molar, selecting, as a dental implant fixation surface, a surface of the bones based upon a determined thickness of the bones, generating, based on the selected dental implant fixation surface, a contoured surface of the dental implant, and fabricating, based upon an instruction transmitted by processing circuitry, a bone plate extending from a buccal end of a cylindrical plate of the dental implant, the cylindrical plate having support lattices extending therefrom, at least one support lattice of the support lattices being arranged on a lingual end of the cylindrical plate, the cylindrical plate having an opening in a central region thereof, the opening being configured to receive a dental post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: INDIVIDUAL IMPLANT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert G. HALE
  • Publication number: 20230201404
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for generating an air containment envelope for the mitigation of pathogen transmission. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system for removing pathogens from a dental operatory, comprising a manifold in fluid connection with a fluid source, the manifold including a plurality of apertures for directing a fluid stream, a fluid pump for pressurizing a fluid within the fluid source, and processing circuitry configured to instruct the fluid pump to pressurize the fluid, and instruct the fluid pump to pump the pressurized fluid to the manifold such that the directed fluid stream generates a fluid shield relative to an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Robert G. HALE
  • Patent number: 11678918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Individual Implant Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Hale
  • Publication number: 20220183732
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacture of a dental implant for a molar, including acquiring, structural data corresponding to bones of the facial skeleton, the bones of the facial skeleton being proximate the molar, selecting, as a dental implant fixation surface, a surface of the bones based upon a determined thickness of the bones, generating, based on the selected dental implant fixation surface, a contoured surface of the dental implant, and fabricating, based upon an instruction transmitted by processing circuitry, a bone plate extending from a buccal end of a cylindrical plate of the dental implant, the cylindrical plate having support lattices extending therefrom, at least one support lattice of the support lattices being arranged on a lingual end of the cylindrical plate, the cylindrical plate having an opening in a central region thereof, the opening being configured to receive a dental post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: INDIVIDUAL IMPLANT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert G. HALE
  • Publication number: 20200261131
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Robert G. HALE
  • Patent number: 10702319
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: Robert G. Hale
  • Publication number: 20200008848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Robert G. HALE
  • Patent number: 5423388
    Abstract: A drilling head for making a borehole along a predetermined underground path is formed by a tubular body having a guidable rotary drilling sub normally axially mounted in the body by means of a sleeve bearing journalling a drill bit equipped rotary drilling string sub joint moveable with and within the sleeve for disposing the drilling bit on a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the body by means of diametrically opposite superposed pairs of wedges interposed between respective end portions of the sleeve bearing and the inner periphery of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Robert G. Hale