Patents by Inventor Teruta Maeda

Teruta Maeda 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: 20110136079
    Abstract: To attract a magnet in a denture to a keeper fixed at an embedded implant fixture with a complete closed magnetic circuit and without care to metal allergy, an abutment 1 for a dental magnetic attachment is made of a titanium or alloy, and has a male screw part 1a at a center part of a bottom surface to be screwed into a female screw part 3a of an implant fixture 3, a keeper attaching hole 1b at an upper surface in which a keeper 2 having a uniform thickness and the same size/area as an attracting surface of a magnet is inserted and bonded/fixed; and an engagement part 1c for a rotary tool at a center in the keeper attaching hole 1b and/or at an outer frame part around the keeper attaching hole for screwing the abutment 1 in the implant fixture 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Joji OKAZAKI, Teruta Maeda, Koh-ichi Kuremoto, Takanori Eto, Masahiro Inoue, Yutaka Yamada, Masashi Takahashi