Patents by Inventor Rolf BETTENS

Rolf BETTENS 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).

  • Surgical guiding tool, method and kit for placing dental implants
    Patent number: 10390905
    Abstract: A device suitable for the subsequent positioning of a dental implant, having a handle extending along a longitudinal axis and having a proximal and a distal end, and a bifurcated abutment at the distal end and at the proximal end of the handle, each abutment having two legs, whereby the configuration of the two legs on the proximal abutment is mirrored with respect to the configuration on the distal end. At least one bifurcated abutment is adapted to embrace the processus pyramidalis ossis palatini and/or the processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis and/or the tuberosity of the maxilla.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Drs. Bettens-De Pooter BVBA
    Inventor: Rolf Bettens
  • Surgical Guiding Tool, Method and Kit for Placing Dental Implants
    Publication number: 20180110584
    Abstract: A device suitable for the subsequent positioning of a dental implant, comprising: a handle extending along a longitudinal axis and having a proximal and a distal end, and a bifurcated abutment means at the distal end and at the proximal end of the handle, each comprising two legs, whereby the configuration of the two legs on the proximal abutment means is mirrored with respect to the configuration on the distal end, wherein at least one bifurcated abutment means is adapted to embrace the processus pyramidalis ossis palatini and/or the processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis and/or the tuberosity of the maxilla.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Rolf BETTENS