Patents by Inventor Stefan Ihde

Stefan Ihde 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: 20050106535
    Abstract: Bone-adaptive surface structures are provided for lateral jaw implants. Micromechanical and/or macromechanical surface structures having various body forms are incorporated into selected segments of the surface of a base and of a bar that connects a shaft with the base to accelerate the healing process after the implant is inserted into the jaw bone and to make a critical improvement in holding the implant firmly in place without rotation. A process of manufacturing the surface structures includes forming a macromechanical surface on the implant to increase its surface area; and superimposing micromechanical canals on the macromechanical surface, the canals having a size smaller than the minimum size of the osteons in the bone into which the implant is to be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Stefan Ihde
  • Publication number: 20040146835
    Abstract: The invention concerns bone-adaptive surface structures for lateral jaw implants. Micromechanical and/or macromechanical surface structures having various body forms are incorporated into selected segments of the surface of the base and of the bar that connects the threaded piece with the base to accelerate the healing process after the implant is inserted into the jaw bone and to make a critical improvement in holding the implant firmly in place without rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Stefan Ihde
  • Publication number: 20030003419
    Abstract: A one-piece dental implant for endosteal and combined endosteal/subperiosteal osseointegration includes a force-transferring foot part for insertion into a jaw, the foot part including a frame in a closed geometric form having an interior open area and at least one bar connected with the frame and extending into the interior open area of the geometric form, said geometric form including at least a partial ring shape; a post that projects out of the jaw, said post connected with the foot part through the bar; and wherein a profile of the bar has a first height at a first transition region where it connects with the closed frame and a second height, which is greater than the first height, at a second transition region where it connects with the post, the height of the bar tapering from the second height to the first height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Stefan Ihde
  • Patent number: 6402516
    Abstract: A jaw implant for receiving and mounting of artificial teeth or a prosthetic overstructure has a disk-shaped foot part which may be inserted in an upper or lower jaw, a shaft oriented orthogonally to the foot part, a structure providing an abutment and arranged at one side on the shaft, and a web which connects the shaft with the foot part to form a one-piece jaw implant. The foot part transmits force and is formed as a disk-shaped form body composed of different geometric base forms. The form body is articulated through the web on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Stefan Ihde
  • Publication number: 20010038996
    Abstract: A jaw implant for receiving and mounting of artificial teeth or a prosthetic overstructure has a disk-shaped foot part which may be inserted in an upper or lower jaw, a shaft oriented orthogonally to the foot part, a structure providing an abutment and arranged at one side on the shaft, and a web which connects the shaft with the foot part to form a one-piece jaw implant. The foot part transmits force and is formed as a disk-shaped form body composed of different geometric base forms. The form body is articulated through the web on the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: Stefan Ihde