Patents by Inventor Stuart Graves

Stuart Graves 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).

  • PRESSURE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20180299067
    Abstract: A pressure vessel (100) is provided which includes a tubular body (101) constructed from a composite material. A pair of end caps (103, 105) are adhesively secured to opposite ends (107, 09) of the body (101). A flexible, fluid impervious lining (111) is provided internally of the body (101). The flexible, fluid impervious lining (111) is formed from a thin coating applied to the body so that the pressure vessel (100) is sufficiently lightweight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
    Inventors: Stuart Graves SWAN, Arnaud George MALAN
  • Method and means for dental bone profiling
    Patent number: 5868572
    Abstract: A bone mill for preparing the second-stage opening in crestal bone surrounding the gingival surface of a dental implant in a jawbone is tubular in form and has teeth with a negative rake on an end surface and the adjacent side surface for forming a shaped opening to the implant. The side surface of the mill near the end surface is tapered to the desired shape of the opening. A guide pin fixed in the implant mates with an opening in the bone mill to center the mill relative to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Lazzara, Keith D. Beaty, Stuart Graves
  • Methods and means for dental bone profiling
    Patent number: RE38630
    Abstract: A bone mill for preparing the second-stage opening in crestal bone surrounding the gingival surface of a dental implant in a jawbone is tubular in form and has teeth with a negative rake on an end surface and the adjacent side surface for forming a shaped opening to the implant. The side surface of the mill near the end surface is tapered to the desired shape of the opening. A guide pin fixed in the implant mates with an opening in the bone mill to center the mill relative to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Implant Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Lazzara, Keith D. Beaty, Stuart Graves